ORDER DERMAPTERA
Dictionary entry overview: What does order Dermaptera mean?
• ORDER DERMAPTERA (noun)
The noun ORDER DERMAPTERA has 1 sense:
1. earwigs and a few related forms
Familiarity information: ORDER DERMAPTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDER DERMAPTERA (noun)
Meaning:
Earwigs and a few related forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dermaptera; order Dermaptera
Hypernyms ("order Dermaptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Dermaptera"):
earwig (any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen)
family Forficulidae; Forficulidae (typical earwigs)
Holonyms ("order Dermaptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)