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Definition of Collembolans
1. collembolan [n] - See also: collembolan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collembolans
Literary usage of Collembolans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"... and this species has by no means a well developed furcula when compared with
many other collembolans. It is interesting before going farther to compare ..."
2. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"... similar to the impression received from reading Allman's or Dubois' account
of the appearance of the ground where the luminous collembolans were found. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"Like its congeners, and so many other collembolans, it occurs throughout the
year—in winter as plentifully as in summer, for cold seems to have little or no ..."
4. Illinois Libraries by Katharine Lucinda Sharp (1906)
"... as in all other elongate collembolans, the digestive tube is axial in position,
extends directly from the mouth to the anus, and falls into the three ..."