dermoptera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flying lemurs
    order Dermoptera.

WordNet

Der*mop"te*ra noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. skin + wing.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).
  2. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.

Webster 1913