Dermoptera

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).

2. A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.

3. An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]