Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forficula \For*fic"u*la\, n. [L., small shears, scissors, dim.
   of forfex shears.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of insects including the earwigs. See {Earwig}, 1.

Source : WordNet®

Forficula
     n : type genus of Forficulidae [syn: {genus Forficula}]