orthoptera
- plural of orthopteron.
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Phasmidæ or spectres, another class of orthoptera, present as close a resemblance to small branches or leafless twigs as their congeners do to green leaves.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
The generality of this fact is quite remarkable: it holds good with almost all mammals, birds, amphibians, and fishes; also with many crustaceans, spiders and some few insects, namely certain orthoptera and libellulæ.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
We are singularly rich in orthoptera: I don't know whether—Ah! you have got hold of that glass jar—you are looking into that instead of my drawers.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
In the course of an hour or two he had adorned his hat with a variety of orthoptera, coleoptera, and all the other opteras known to the insect-catching profession.
From The Mystery of Metropolisville by Eggleston, Edward
The generality of this fact is quite remarkable: it holds good with almost all mammals, birds, amphibians, and fishes; also with many crustaceans, spiders, and some few insects, such as certain orthoptera and libellulae.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
