noun ·pl an order of mammalia; the cheiroptera.
2. dermoptera ·noun ·pl the division of insects which includes the earwigs (forticulidae).
3. dermoptera ·noun ·pl a group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (galeopithecus) is the type. ·see colugo.