Noun: proturan pru'tû-run
- Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter
"Proturans are rarely seen due to their small size and subterranean habitat";
- telsontail
Derived forms: proturans
Type of: insect
Part of: order Protura, Protura
Encyclopedia: Proturan