Dermoptera
n. pl.
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
3. (Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera.
[Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]







