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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of earwigs of the family Forficulidœ. F. auricularia is the best-known species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See
earwig , 1.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of Forficulidae
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