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earwig

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) earwig (noun)
  2. 2) earwig (verb)
  3. European earwig (noun)

1ear·wig

noun \-ˌwig\

Definition of EARWIG

: any of numerous insects (order Dermaptera) having slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of cerci resembling forceps at the end of the body
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Origin of EARWIG

Middle English erwigge, from Old English ēarwicga, from ēare ear + wicga insect
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Insect Terms

drone, entomology, gadfly, pismire, proboscis, vespine

Rhymes with EARWIG

bagwig, bigwig, bushpig, cat rig, Danzig, fright wig, Gehrig, hedgepig, Leipzig, lime-twig, pfennig, renege, Schleswig, shindig, square rig, unrig, zaftig

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