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DERMAPTERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Earwigs and a few related forms

Synonyms:

Dermaptera; order Dermaptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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