Dermatoptera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dermoptera \Der*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? skin + ?
     wing.]
     1. (Zool.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs
        ({Forticulid[ae]}).
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     2. (Zool.) 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}.
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     3. (Zool.) An order of Mammalia; the {Chiroptera}. [Written
        also {Dermaptera}, and {Dermatoptera}.]
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