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Meaning of DERMOPTERA

Pronunciation:  dur'mâpturu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  flying lemurs
 
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 Synonyms: order Dermoptera
 
 See Also: animal order, Cynocephalidae, Eutheria, family Cynocephalidae, subclass Eutheria

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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