a small brown insect with a long body and two curved pointed parts called pincers that stick out at the back end of its body 蠼螋；地蜈蚣；土蚣 Word OriginOld English ēarwicga, from ēare ‘ear’ + wicga ‘earwig’ (probably related to wiggle); the insect was once thought to crawl into the human ear.