·noun ·pl An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.
II. Dermoptera ·noun ·pl The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
III. Dermoptera ·noun ·pl 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.