1.
[syn: Dermaptera, order Dermaptera]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dermaptera \Der*map"te*ra\, Dermapteran \Der*map"ter*an\, n.
(Zool.)
See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Dermatic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dermoptera \Der*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? skin + ?
wing.]
1. (Zool.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs
(Forticulid[ae]).
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2. (Zool.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike
web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the
colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.
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3. (Zool.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera. [Written
also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dermaptera
n 1: earwigs and a few related forms [syn: Dermaptera, order
Dermaptera]