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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.