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

Example Sentences

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

From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner

Now, come, let us look at all of our orthopterous friends again, cockroaches first.

From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner

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

Locusts are classified under the order of orthopterous insects of the family Acrydiidae, and are very closely related to grasshoppers.

From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various

The notes are certainly the loudest and most extraordinary that I ever heard produced by an orthopterous insect.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter