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Definition of Springtails
1. springtail [n] - See also: springtail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Springtails
Literary usage of Springtails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Howard R. Oliver (1900)
"Mr. BOYD made a short communication on " springtails." These little insects belong
to the Thysanura. The Thysanura are divided into three families, i. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In many genera of springtails a curious post-antenna! organ, consisting of ...
springtails and bristle-tails live in damp concealed places— under stones or ..."
3. Elements of Zoology: To Accompany the Field and Laboratory Study of Animals by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1911)
"The springtails, some of which live in caves, are among the smallest and simplest
of insects, and perhaps the most numerous in individuals (Fig. 97). ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"springtails and bristle-tails live in damp concealed places— under stones or
tree-bark, in moss, and in the decaying vegetable or animal matter which serves ..."
5. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1906)
"Cabbage Moth, 33 ; preventive and Cauliflowers, attacked by springtails, 10. ...
Celery, ati;cked by springtails, 10. Chapman, Dr. AT, cited, 34. ..."
6. The Cultivated Mushroom by Bureau of mushroom indutry, Chicago (1916)
"REMEDIES The remedial measures applicable to the control of springtails are to
a large extent preventive, as these insects are somewhat difficult to control ..."
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