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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Springtail  \Spring"tail`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small  apterous  insects 
  belonging  to  the  order  {Thysanura}.  They  have  two  elastic 
  caudal  stylets  which  can  be  bent  under  the  abdomen  and  then 
  suddenly  extended  like  a  spring,  thus  enabling  them  to  leap 
  to  a  considerable  distance.  See  {Collembola},  and  {Podura}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pintail  \Pin"tail`\,  n. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  northern  duck  ({Dafila  acuta}),  native  of 
  both  continents.  The  adult  male  has  a  long,  tapering  tail. 
  Called  also  {gray  duck},  {piketail},  {piket-tail}, 
  {spike-tail},  {split-tail},  {springtail},  {sea  pheasant}, 
  and  {gray  widgeon}. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  sharp-tailed  grouse  of  the  great  plains  and 
  Rocky  Mountains  ({Pedioc[ae]tes  phasianellus});  --  called 
  also  {pintailed  grouse},  {pintailed  chicken}, 
  {springtail},  and  {sharptail}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  springtail 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {collembolan}] 




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