podurann.adj.
/pəʊˈd(j)ʊər(ə)n/, /pəʊˈdʒʊər(ə)n/, U.S. /poʊˈd(j)ʊr(ə)n/ Entomology.† B. adj.
A. n.
A springtail of the genus Podura or the family Poduridae.
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?1873 A. S. Packard Our Common Insects 153 In comparing the development of Isotoma, a Poduran, with that of a species of Caddis fly, the correspondence throughout the different embryological stages, nearly up to the time of hatching, is very striking.
1955 Ecology 36 351/1 Excluding thrips, springtails, podurans, mites, and other micros, on which no observations were made.
Of or relating to the genus Podura. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Poduran, Podouran.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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