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Dermoptera

Dermoptera Meaning & Definition
Dermoptera Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dermoptera?

[n] flying lemurs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dermoptera: order Dermoptera

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See Also | animal order | Cynocephalidae | Eutheria | family Cynocephalidae | subclass Eutheria

Dermoptera In Webster's Dictionary

\Der*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? skin + ? wing.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs ({Forticulid[ae]}). 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.

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