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Forficula

noun

type genus of Forficulidae

• Syn: ↑genus Forficula

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Forficulidae, ↑family Forficulidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑common European earwig, ↑Forficula auricularia

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\\-ˈfikyələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, small scissors, diminutive of forfic-, forfex

: a genus (the type of the family Forficulidae) of earwigs that are sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs

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Forficˈūla noun

The common genus of earwigs

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Main Entry: ↑forfex

Useful english dictionary. 2012.