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noun
- Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membraneous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
verb (earwigs, earwigging, earwigged, earwigged)
- To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
- To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
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noun
- Irregular plural of elytron
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noun (elytra)
- A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
- 1997: In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call"d "Kalahari" lying north of here " Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
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noun - The scientific study of insects
- Entomology is a important field of study within biology.
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noun plural
- (plural of, ephemeron)
- transitory things
- publications that are designed to be short-lived
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