Found 2 items, similar to Dermaptera.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Dermaptera Dermaptera n : earwigs and a few related forms [syn: order Dermaptera]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dermaptera 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]). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.] [1913 Webster]