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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. earwigs and a few related forms;
[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]