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Definition of: earwig
(ir′wig′) noun
1. An insect (family Forficulidae) with horny, short (or absent) forewings and a caudal pair of forceps: erroneously believed to enter the human ear. For illustration see under INSECT(injurious).
2. Loosely, in the United States, a small centipede.
3. Obs. A secret informer.
—v.t. ·wigged, ·wig·ging To influence by secret and stealthy counsel; to insinuate against by or as by whispering in the ear. [OE earwicga]
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