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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024der•map•ter•an (dər map′tər ən),USA pronunciation adj. - InsectsAlso, der•map′ter•ous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Dermaptera, comprising the earwigs.
n. - Insectsany 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.
- Greek dermóptera (see dermopteran), or a deliberate alteration of Dermoptera to keep the taxa distinct) + -an
- Neo-Latin Dermapter(a) (irregularly
- 1860–65
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