Dermaptera
革翅目
Der·map·te·ra Der·map·ter·an, n. Zool. See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.
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Der·mop·te·ra n. pl.
1. Zool. The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).
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.
3. Zool. An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera.
[Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]
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Dermaptera
n : earwigs and a few related forms [syn: order Dermaptera]