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

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

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

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

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