DERMAPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dermaptera mean? 

• DERMAPTERA (noun)
  The noun DERMAPTERA has 1 sense:

1. earwigs and a few related forms

  Familiarity information: DERMAPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMAPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earwigs and a few related forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermaptera; order Dermaptera

Hypernyms ("Dermaptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Dermaptera"):

earwig (any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen)

family Forficulidae; Forficulidae (typical earwigs)

Holonyms ("Dermaptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)