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Dermapteran vs Dermopteran - What's the difference?

dermapteran | dermopteran |

As nouns the difference between dermapteran and dermopteran

is that dermapteran is any of various insects of the order dermaptera ; earwig while dermopteran is (zoology) any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.

dermapteran

English

Noun

(wikipedia dermapteran) (en noun)
  • Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera ; earwig.

    • Related terms

    * dermapterous

    dermopteran

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.
    • Earwigs are dermopterans .
    (Webster 1913)