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\ nounUsage: capitalized
: 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.