Podura


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Po`du´ra


n.1.Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Podura scale
(Zool.) one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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