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]).
      [1913 Webster]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]
   3. (Zool.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera. [Written
      also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]
      [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dermaptera
    n 1: earwigs and a few related forms [syn: Dermaptera, order
         Dermaptera]