geophilus

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The typical genus of centipeds of the family Geophilidæ, having the anterior segment of the head square. G. electricus, a European species, is phosphorescent, shining like a glow-worm.
• noun A genus of coleopterous insects.
• noun A genus of pigeons: same as Calœnas.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The type type genus of the Geophilidae, a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs.

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• noun type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs