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Definition of Order Dermaptera
1. Noun. Earwigs and a few related forms.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Earwig, Family Forficulidae, Forficulidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Dermaptera
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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