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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Please to tell me where I can find any account of the auditory organs in the orthoptera?
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
Mounted specimens of various common species of orthoptera.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
“No, no, cousin, better than that! it was not a snake; I believe it was an orthoptera; I have it all right,” he shouted triumphantly.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Ellen E. Frewer
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 Charles Darwin
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
