dermapteran

dermapteran
/deuhr map"teuhr euhn/, adj.
1. Also, dermapterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Dermaptera, comprising the earwigs.
n.
2. any of numerous brown to black, small to medium-sized nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, widely distributed in warm, moist areas, characterized by a slender, elongated, flattened body with pincerlike appendages at the tail end of the abdomen.
[1860-65; < NL Dermapter(a) (irreg. < Gk dermóptera (see DERMOPTERAN), or a deliberate alter. of Dermoptera to keep the taxa distinct) + -AN]

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