DERMOPTERA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]