orthopterous

American  

[awr-thop-ter-uhs] / ɔrˈθɒp tər əs /

adjective

Entomology.

1. belonging or relating to the Orthoptera, an order of insects with leathery forewings, membranous hindwings, and chewing mouthparts, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids.

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orthopterous British  

/ ɔːˈθɒptərəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Orthoptera, a large order of insects, including crickets, locusts, and grasshoppers, having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings, hind legs adapted for leaping, and organs of stridulation

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Etymology

Origin of orthopterous

First recorded in 1820–30; from New Latin orthopterus “straight-winged”; equivalent to ortho- + -pterous

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

orthopterous

Mantis, man′tis, n. a genus of orthopterous insects somewhat like locusts, carrying their large spinous forelegs in the attitude of prayer.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Did they know the comparative merits, as a tempting bait, of grasshopper, cricket, spider, or wasp; and could they, with bits of wool, tinsel, and feather, copy the real dipterous, hymenopterous, or orthopterous insect?

From Fishin' Jimmy by Annie Trumbull Slosson

But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you orthopterous fellows than we did.

From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley

Gressorial, gres-ō′ri-al, adj. adapted for walking, belonging to the Gressoria, a sub-order of orthopterous insects with slender bodies and long legs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Insects appear well developed, including both orthopterous and neuropterous forms, in the New Brunswick rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

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