Definition of Order Dermaptera

1. Noun. Earwigs and a few related forms.

Exact synonyms: Dermaptera
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Earwig, Family Forficulidae, Forficulidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Dermaptera

order Conodontophorida
order Coraciiformes
order Cordaitales
order Corrodentia
order Crocodilia
order Crocodylia
order Cuculiformes
order Cycadales
order Cycadofilicales
order Cyclostomata
order Cydippea
order Cydippida
order Cydippidea
order Cypriniformes
order Decapoda
order Dermaptera (current term)
order Dermoptera
order Diapensiales
order Dicranales
order Dictyoptera
order Dinocerata
order Dinoflagellata
order Dinornithiformes
order Diptera
order Discocephali
order Ebenales
order Edentata
order Embiodea
order Embioptera
order Endomycetales

Literary usage of Order Dermaptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"W. Kirby (1815) founded an order Dermaptera for the earwigs, which had formed part of ... order Dermaptera. In addition to the characters just enumerated, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"W. Kirby (1815) founded an order Dermaptera for the earwigs, which had formed part of de Geer's Dermaptera, accepting Olivier's term Orthoptera for the rest ..."

3. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"... when they resemble the twigs upon which they rest. Occasionally this insect becomes injurious on hazel and beech. order Dermaptera= ..."

4. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"In nearly all cases the larvae differ in form from the adults, and various grades of metamorphosis are found. 1. order Dermaptera. The Dermaptera or Earwigs ..."

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