dermaptera

Noun
Synonyms: order Dermaptera

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. earwigs and a few related formsSynonyms: order Dermaptera
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dermaptera \Der*map"te*ra\, Dermapteran \Der*map"ter*an\, n. (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Dermatic
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]

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