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Insect With Distinctive Pincers Crossword Clue

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• any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

29%9Insect with pincers at the end of its abdomen
noun

• type genus of Forficulidae

29%7 Small insect with pincers on its rear end
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• any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

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