orthopteron
noun
an orthopterous insect.
orthoptera
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pluralof orthopteron.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mounted specimens of various common species of orthoptera.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
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 George Eliot
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 Edward Eggleston
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 Sir James Emerson Tennent
The Stick-insect—The Phasmidoe 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 Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
