earwig
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The meaning (definition) of the word earwig
a small brown insect with little pincers on its tail
The word earwig used in a sentence
“The earwig scurried away when I turned on the light.”
Words that mean the same as earwig (synonyms)
insect
The plural of the word earwig
earwigs
How the word earwig is said around the world
| French | perce-oreille (persohrey) |
| Spanish | tijereta (teekhayraytah) |
| Mandarin | 蠼螋 (qú sōu) |
| Hindi | कानखजूरा (kahnuhkgyoorah) |
| Arabic | حاول التأثير على شخص (howahl ahttahtheer ahlah shahkhs) |
| Russian | уховертка (ukhovertka) |
| Portuguese (EU) | tesourinha (tayzoowreenyuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | tesourinha (tayzohreenya) |
| Japanese | ハサミムシ (hasamimushi) |
| German | Ohrwurm (ohrvuuuhm) |
| Urdu | کان کی وِگ (kahn kee vig) |
| Punjabi | ਕੰਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਿੱਗ (kunnahn dee vig) |
| Korean | 집게벌레 (jibgebeolre) |
| Hebrew | צבתן (tsvtnuh) |
| Greek | ψαλίδα (psalida) |
| Dutch | oorworm (awrvawrm) |
| Tagalog | earwig (uhahrweeg) |
| Vietnamese | bọ tai (baw tahy) |
| Turkish | kulak böceği (koolahk berjayi) |
| Persian | گوشخیزک (gooshkheezahk) |
| Polish | skorek (skawrek) |
| Ukrainian | вуховертка (vukhovertka) |
| Bengali | কানখাজুরা (kahnawkahgyoorah) |
| Swedish | tvestjärt (tveskhuht) |
| Italian | forficola (fohrfeekohlah) |
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