Definition of Family Forficulidae

1. Noun. Typical earwigs.

Exact synonyms: Forficulidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Dermaptera, Order Dermaptera
Member holonyms: Forficula, Genus Forficula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Forficulidae

family Esocidae
family Euglenaceae
family Euphorbiaceae
family Eurylaimidae
family Exocoetidae
family Fabaceae
family Fagaceae
family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae
family Fistulariidae
family Fistulinaceae
family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae (current term)
family Formicariidae
family Formicidae
family Fouquieriaceae
family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae
family Gadidae
family Galbulidae
family Gasterophilidae
family Gasterosteidae

Literary usage of Family Forficulidae

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

1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... her after hatching and in fact seems to show a decided appreciation of family ties. All of the earwigs are contained in the single family Forficulidae. ..."

2. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"Dermaptera, represented almost entirely by the family Forficulidae, which some authorities still retain in the order Orthoptera, must have come from the ..."

3. Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire by John Edward Marr, Arthur Everett Shipley (1904)
"Family FORFICULIDAE. Labia minor, L. Common in the summer, often seen on the wing in company with Staphylinidae, over flower beds and ..."

4. Pocket Medical Dictionary for the Use of Students of Medicine: Containing by Charles Gatchell (1891)
"An insect of the family Forficulidae. Ean. Water. E. de Cologne'. An aromatic spirituous liquid. E. de Vie. Brandy. ..."

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