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Earwig

noun
1.
Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.



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"Earwig" Quotes from Famous Books



... interesting things to be observed about the eggs of insects; as to their colour, they are generally of that best adapted for concealment; as to the way in which they are hatched, I have heard that the mother insect—the Earwig was the one mentioned—sometimes sits upon her eggs, and that one of the spiders has been seen sitting upon the silken bag which contained its eggs, and carrying ...
— Twilight And Dawn • Caroline Pridham


Words linked to "Earwig" :   insect, Forficula auricularia, Dermaptera, order Dermaptera


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