euplexoptera

from The Century Dictionary.

• An aberrant suborder of orthopterous insects, or an order of insects, the same as Dermaptera, constituted by the earwigs or Forficulidæ: so called from the crosswise and lengthwise folding of the under wings. See Forficulidæ. Also Euplecoptera.

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

• noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See earwig.