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Webster 1913 Edition


Dermopteran

Der-mop′ter-an

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Noun.
(Zool.)
An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

Definition 2024


dermopteran

dermopteran

English

Noun

dermopteran (plural dermopterans)

  1. (zoology) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.
    Earwigs are dermopterans.