'Dermaptera' definitions:
Definition of 'Dermaptera'
From: WordNet
noun
Earwigs and a few related forms [syn: Dermaptera, order Dermaptera]
Definition of 'Dermaptera'
From: GCIDE
- Dermaptera \Der*map"te*ra\, Dermapteran \Der*map"ter*an\, n. (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Dermatic
Definition of 'Dermaptera'
From: GCIDE
- 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]