orthopterous
[ awr-thop-ter-uhs ]
/ ɔrˈθɒp tər əs /
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
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Words nearby orthopterous
orthopraxy, orthopsychiatry, orthopter, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous, orthoptic, orthoptics, orthoptist, orthopyroxene, orthorexia
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Example sentences from the Web for orthopterous
Now, come, let us look at all of our orthopterous friends again, cockroaches first.
The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner MorleyPhyllium, fil′i-um, n. a genus of orthopterous insects of family Phasmid—leaf-insects or walking-leaves.
But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you orthopterous fellows than we did.
The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner MorleyThe head is in form much like that of certain larvæ of Neuroptera and of Forficula, an Orthopterous insect.
Our Common Insects|Alpheus Spring Packard
British Dictionary definitions for orthopterous
orthopterous
orthopteran
/ (ɔːˈθɒptərəs) /
adjective
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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