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

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orthopterous

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

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

From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley

Cricket, krik′et, n. a saltatory, orthopterous insect, allied to grasshoppers and locusts.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Saltatō′ria, a division of orthopterous insects including grass-hoppers, locusts, and crickets.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 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 Henry Walter Bates

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