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.

---

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

---

Etymology

Origin of orthopterous

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

orthopterous

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

From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner

Instead of attacking crickets it seeks a larger orthopterous insect, the Ephippigera.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric

All are vegetable feeders, and, as in all orthopterous insects, have an incomplete metamorphosis, so that their destructive powers are continuous from the moment of emergence from the egg till death.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 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 Slosson, Annie Trumbull

An orthopterous insect that holds its arms as if in prayer.

From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner