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

Etymology

Origin of orthopteron

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

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

“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

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

Mounted specimens of various common species of orthoptera.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

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

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