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

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  1. n. pl. The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
  2. n. pl. 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. pl. An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.
  4. 1. (Zoöl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ). 2. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]
  5. The division of insects which includes the earwigs(Forticulidæ).
  6. n. pl. The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae). n. pl. 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. n. pl. An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.