orthopteron

American  

[awr-thop-tuh-ron, -ter-uhn] / ɔrˈθɒp təˌrɒn, -tər ən /

noun

• orthoptera
  plural

1. an orthopterous insect.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• orthoptera
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of orthopteron

1875–80; < New Latin, singular of Orthoptera name of the order. See orthopterous

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Example Sentences

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orthopteron orthoptera

So when you say "cockroach", you're mimicking an Englishman impersonating a Spaniard imitating the nocturnal orthopteron itself.

From BBC ● May 19, 2017

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

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

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 Charles Darwin

“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

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

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