Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: proturan  pru'tû-run
  1. Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter
    - telsontail

Derived forms: proturans

Type of: insect

Part of: order Protura, Protura

Encyclopedia: Proturan