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orthopoda |
orthopraxy |
orthopristis |
orthopristis chrysopterus |
orthopter |
orthoptera
| orthopteran
| orthopteron
| orthopterous
| orthopterous insect
| orthoptic
orthoptera
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orthoptera has 1 sense
- orthoptera(n = noun.animal) order orthoptera - grasshoppers and locusts; crickets; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta
CIDE DICTIONARY
orthoptera, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + feather, wing.].
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. See Illust. under Insect. [1913 Webster]
" The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the membranous posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. They also have chewing mouth parts. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis."
[1913 Webster]
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