革翅目

[ noun ]
earwigs and a few related forms
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Dermaptera \Der*map"te*ra\, Dermapteran \Der*map"ter*an\, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
See {Dermoptera}, {Dermopteran}.


Dermoptera \Der*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? skin + ?
wing.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The division of insects which includes the
earwigs ({Forticulid[ae]}).

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) An order of Mammalia; the {Chiroptera}.
[Written also {Dermaptera}, and {Dermatoptera}.]