Podura
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podura
Origin: NL.; Gr. Poys, podos, foot _ tail.
Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
(Science: zoology) Podura scale, one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.