collembola

WORDNET DICTIONARY

collembola(n = noun.animal) order collembola - minute wingless arthropods: springtails;

is a kind of animal order

is a member of class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta

collembola, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.].

The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms. [1913 Webster]