Collembola
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See also: collembola
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + ἔμβολον (émbolon, “wedge”).
Proper noun
Collembola
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Hexapoda – the springtails, insect-like arthropods that have a spring-like structure that can enable them to quickly escape from danger.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Entomobryomorpha, Neelipleona, Poduromorpha, Symphypleona - orders
References
Collembola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Collembola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Collembola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Collembola at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
