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springtail

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Noun
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spring=tail

CIDE DICTIONARY

springtailn. 
     Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

springtail, n. any wingless insect of the order Collembola, leaping by means of a springlike caudal part.


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