About The Word Dermoptera
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Dermoptera
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What's The Definition Of Dermoptera?
[n] flying lemurs
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dermoptera: order Dermoptera Related Terms | Find terms related to Dermoptera: 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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