Meaning of 'dermoptera'

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Meaning of ‘dermoptera’

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dermoptera

(Zoöl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).

(Zoöl.) 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.

(Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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