Definition of Genus forficula

1. Noun. Type genus of Forficulidae.

Exact synonyms: Forficula
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Forficulidae, Forficulidae
Member holonyms: Common European Earwig, Forficula Auricularia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Forficula

genus Felis
genus Ferocactus
genus Festuca
genus Ficus
genus Filago
genus Firmiana
genus Fissurella
genus Fistularia
genus Fistulina
genus Flacourtia
genus Flammulina
genus Flindersia
genus Foeniculum
genus Fomes
genus Forestiera
genus Forficula
genus Formica
genus Formicarius
genus Forsythia
genus Fortunella
genus Fossa
genus Fothergilla
genus Fouquieria
genus Fragaria
genus Francisella
genus Francoa
genus Frankliniella
genus Frasera
genus Fratercula
genus Fraxinus

Literary usage of Genus forficula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"The genus Forficula presents you with an object of your detestation, the common earwig; though, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"The genus Forficula presents you with an object of your detestation, the common earwig; though, before 1 dismiss it, I hope to convince you that your ..."

3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"It is also occasionally present in a few members alone in a whole group of animals, as in the genus Forficula, or earwigs. The all-important emotion of ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"The name of the typical genus, Forficula, is the Latin word for scissors. It was suggested by the curious form of the cerci. The common name, earwig, ..."

5. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"It is also occasionally present in a few members alone in a whole group of animals, as in the genus Forficula, or earwigs. The all-important emotion of ..."

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