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Definition: Dermatoptera
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]).
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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.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) An order of Mammalia; the
Chiroptera.
[Written also
Dermaptera, and
Dermatoptera.]
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