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English noun: earwig

1. earwig (animal) 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


Broader (hypernym)insect


Narrower (hyponym)common European earwig, Forficula auricularia


Member meronymDermaptera, order Dermaptera









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