COMMON EUROPEAN EARWIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common European earwig mean? 

• COMMON EUROPEAN EARWIG (noun)
  The noun COMMON EUROPEAN EARWIG has 1 sense:

1. sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs

  Familiarity information: COMMON EUROPEAN EARWIG used as a noun is very rare.

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• COMMON EUROPEAN EARWIG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common European earwig; Forficula auricularia

Hypernyms ("common European earwig" is a kind of...):

earwig (any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen)

Holonyms ("common European earwig" is a member of...):

Forficula; genus Forficula (type genus of Forficulidae)