earwig n also earache* Cent ~ 2. A variety of centipede (Lithicolus centipede) (P 1-69).
   P 148-67 ~ , earache, an insect like a centipede. 1972 MURRAY 114-15 The beneficial reddish centipede was feared also [by children]. It was called an 'earwig' or 'yurwig' and no child liked to lie down for a nap outdoors in case one of these crawled in his ear. 1975 HOLMES 15 In Newfoundland centipedes are often called 'earwigs.'

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