Where does “collembolan” come from?

collembolan (English) comes from English Collembola — Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail.

collembolan (English): Any insect of the order Collembola, the...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “collembolan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCollembolaAny of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail
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