Any of various insects of the order that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
"That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
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One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
The idea was probably strengthened by the earwig′s appearance, with a sharp, pincer-like appendage extending to the rear. However, earwigs are herbivores, and they are no more likely to enter an ear than are ants, bees, flies, or any oth…
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A flatterer.
2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Nuthatch, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition, [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3jeDU7KuhEC&pg=PA1761&lpg=PA1762 page 1762],
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