spring·tail

(sprĭng′tāl′)

Any of numerous small wingless hexapods of the class Collembola, having the ability to jump by means of a forked appendage on the abdomen that acts as a spring. Also called collembolan.

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springtail

(ˈsprɪŋˌteɪl)

(Animals) any primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, having a forked springing organ with which it projects itself forward

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spring•tail

(ˈsprɪŋˌteɪl)

n.

any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping.

[1790–1800]

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Noun

springtail - any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water

collembolan

insect - small air-breathing arthropod

Collembola, order Collembola - minute wingless arthropods: springtails

Translations

hyppyhäntäinen

collembolo

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They also found that the springtail Folsomia Candida showed avoidance and high mortality rates in unamended bauxite residue and preferential movement towards amended and revegetated treatments, where it exhibited low mortality rates.

Soil quality and vegetation performance indicators for sustainable rehabilitation of bauxite residue disposal areas: a review

These include the Wandering Albatross, which has the widest wingspan of any living bird, the Coastal Redwood, which is the talledst tree in the world, and the Deep Cave Springtail, which is among the deepest-dwelling terrestrial creatures.

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Springtail (Collembola) assemblages along an elevational gradient in Australian subtropical rainforest.

Edaphic fauna in a vegetation gradient in the Sete Cidades National Park/Fauna edafica em um gradiente vegetacional no Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades

(2014) Trophic niche and predatory behavior of the goblin spider Triaeris stenaspis (Oonopidae): a springtail specialist?

COMPORTAMIENTO DEPREDADOR DE DOS ESPECIES DE ARANAS DEL GENERO PHONOTIMPUS (ARANEAE: PHRUROLITHIDAE)

Mr Mitcham added: "Frogs and toads will have perished along with wood lice, dung beetle and springtail, all vital in the food chain.

Recovery of moor 'could take years' wildfire will leave terrible legacy for plants and animals

ciliata, and Neogonodactylus oerstedii (Bok, 2013; Porter et al., 2013)--and MWS opsins have been found in several other arthropods (e.g., the bioluminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii, the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, and the springtail Sminthurus viridis) (reviewed by Henze and Oakley, 2015).

Opsin Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii

Many springtail species interfere directly and indirectly with decomposition because they eat the available organic material and still associate themselves with microorganisms and fungi (ZEPPELINI FILHO & BELLINI, 2004).

Effect of castor cake and elephant grass composting on edaphic fauna/Efeito da torta de mamona e do capim-elefante compostagem sobre a fauna edafica

In contrast, springtail abundance does correlate positively with garlic mustard invasion (Alerding & Hunter 2013).

Influence of low density garlic mustard presence and hardwood leaf litter composition on litter dwelling arthropod diversity

The abundance of soil mesofauna--springtails and mites, and the number of springtail species were the highest in semi-coke sampling areas where there was a dense plant cover (Table 2).

Soil invertebrates in semi-coke heaps of Estonian oil shale industry

To test whether Venus flytrap has growth-related prey size specificity, living springtails were placed into the lobes of large traps and observed until either the trap was triggered or the springtail left the lobe.

Venus flytrap seedlings show growth-related prey size specificity

Key words: Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit, spadix, osmophore, aroid, Araceae, Collembola, springtail.

Spadix function in the jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum