Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Euplexoptera
Eu′plex·op′te·ra (ū′plĕks·ŏp′tē·rȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. εὖ well + πλέκειν to plait + πτερόν a wing.] (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.