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collembolan

collembolan noun: any insect of the order Collembola, the springtails.

Noun

collembolan (plural collembolans)

  1. Any insect of the order Collembola, the springtails.

Forms of collembolan

pluralcollembolans
alternative formcolembolan

Origin of collembolan

Collembola + -an

Questions about collembolan

What does collembolan mean?
Collembolan means any insect of the order Collembola, the springtails.
What part of speech is collembolan?
Collembolan is a noun.
What is the plural of collembolan?
The plural of collembolan is collembolans.

Words near collembolan in the dictionary

  1. collegue
  2. collegy
  3. collelation
  4. collemataceous
  5. collembola
  6. collembolan
  7. collembolans
  8. collembolas
  9. collembolid
  10. collembolids
  11. collembological

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