NOUN | animal | 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 |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Member of | Dermaptera, order Dermaptera | earwigs and a few related forms |
Narrower | common European earwig, Forficula auricularia | sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs |
Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
Spanish | cortapicos, dermaptera, tijereta | |
Catalan | papaorelles, tijereta, tisoreta |
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