dermapteran: Meaning and Definition of

der•map•ter•an

1. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Dermaptera, comprising the earwigs.

1. any of numerous brown to black, small to medium-sized nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, widely distributed in warm, moist areas, characterized by a slender, elongated, flattened body with pincerlike appendages at the tail end of the abdomen.