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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 Colugo.

3. (Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera.

[Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]


 
 
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IN BRIEF: n. - Flying lemurs.

 
 

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