adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the class Collembola of small arthropods commonly known as springtails
Usage: technical; zoology
Examples
- The researcher examined collembolous specimens under the microscope.
- Collembolous arthropods are found in soil and leaf litter worldwide.
- These collembolous insects play an important role in decomposition.
- The study focused on collembolous diversity in forest ecosystems.