‖Der‐mop″te‐ra (?), n. pl. 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.]