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orthopterous
[ awr-thop-ter-uhs ]
adjective
- belonging or relating to the Orthoptera, an order of insects with leathery forewings, membranous hindwings, and chewing mouthparts, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids.
orthopterous
/ ɔːˈθɒəə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Orthoptera, a large order of insects, including crickets, locusts, and grasshoppers, having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings, hind legs adapted for leaping, and organs of stridulation
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Origin of orthopterous1
Example Sentences
Saltatō′ria, a division of orthopterous insects including grass-hoppers, locusts, and crickets.—adjs.
Phyllium, fil′i-um, n. a genus of orthopterous insects of family Phasmid�—leaf-insects or walking-leaves.
Mantis, man′tis, n. a genus of orthopterous insects somewhat like locusts, carrying their large spinous forelegs in the attitude of prayer.
Gressorial, gres-ō′ri-al, adj. adapted for walking, belonging to the Gressoria, a sub-order of orthopterous insects with slender bodies and long legs.
Leaf′age, leaves collectively: abundance of leaves: season of leaves or leafing; Leaf′-bridge, a form of drawbridge in which the rising leaf or leaves swing vertically on hinges; Leaf′-bud, a bud producing a stem with leaves only; Leaf′iness; Leaf′-in′sect, an orthopterous insect of family Phasmid�, the wing-covers like leaves.—adj.
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