Usually means: Tiny insects, jump using furcula.
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  1. springtail: Merriam-Webster
  2. springtail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. springtail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. springtail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. springtail: Vocabulary.com
  6. springtail: Wordnik
  7. springtail: Wiktionary
  8. springtail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. springtail: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. springtail: Dictionary.com
  11. Springtail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Springtail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. springtail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. springtail: Rhymezone
  15. Springtail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. springtail: FreeDictionary.org
  17. springtail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. springtail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (springtail)

▸ noun:  Any of various wingless hexapods, of the subclass Collembola, with spring-like legs.

Similar:
collembolan, collembola, collembolid, webspinner, spring beetle, spring-beetle, spiderling, spring peeper, onychiurid, snow flea, more...

Opposite:
falltail, winterbug, summerpest

Types:
Entomobryomorpha, Arthropleona, Collembola, Poduromorpha, Sminthuromorpha, more...

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Similar:
collembolan, collembola, collembolid, webspinner, spring beetle, spring-beetle, spiderling, spring peeper, onychiurid, snow flea, more...

Opposite:
falltail, winterbug, summerpest

Types:
Entomobryomorpha, Arthropleona, Collembola, Poduromorpha, Sminthuromorpha, more...



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