What is "dermoptera"

Dermoptera \Der*mop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? skin + ? wing.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs ( Forticulid[ae]).

2. (Zo["o]l.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo ( Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.

3. (Zo["o]l.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera.

1. redirect Colugo

Category:Mammal orders Category:Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger