EARWIG
\ˈi͡əwɪɡ], \ˈiəwɪɡ], \ˈiə_w_ɪ_ɡ]\
Definitions of EARWIG
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
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In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.
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A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
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To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.
By Oddity Software
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Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
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In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.
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A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
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To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A common insect with forceps at its tail, incorrectly supposed to creep into the brain through the ear: one who gains the ear of another by stealth for a bad end.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An insect with very short wing-cases, which eats fruit and flower leaves—so called because it has been erroneously supposed to creep in to the human brain through the ear.
By Thomas Sheridan
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