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ORDER DERMAPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Earwigs and a few related forms
Synonyms:
Dermaptera; order Dermaptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Dermaptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order Dermaptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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