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Definition: DERMOPTERAN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dermopteran" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DERMOPTERAN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DERMOPTERAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)