earwig

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a small brown insect with a long body and two curved pointed parts called PINCERS that stick out at the back end of its body

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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