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FORFICULA AURICULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Forficula auricularia mean? 

FORFICULA AURICULARIA (noun)
  The noun FORFICULA AURICULARIA has 1 sense:

1. sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbsplay

  Familiarity information: FORFICULA AURICULARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORFICULA AURICULARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common European earwig; Forficula auricularia

Hypernyms ("Forficula auricularia" 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 ("Forficula auricularia" is a member of...):

Forficula; genus Forficula (type genus of Forficulidae)


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