The common European insect Forficula auricularia, which has an elongated brownish body and a pair of pincer-like cerci on the abdomen. In later use…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dermaptera > member of (earwig) (8) earwigeOE The common European insect Forficula auricularia, which has an elongated brownish body and a pair of pincer-like cerci on the abdomen. In later use… beetle-wig1595 an ear-wig. earworm1598 An earwig. Now rare. twitch-ballock1634 (a) an earwig (cf. twitch-bell n.); (b) (probably) a cockroach (cf. twitch-clog n.). forken-robin1691 the earwig. twitch-bell1722 an earwig. twinge1790 dialect. An earwig. twitch1790 English regional (northern). An earwig. Obsolete. rare. |
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