orthopterous

American

[awr-thop-ter-uhs] / ɔrˈθɒp tər əs /

adjective

Entomology.

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

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

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

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Phyllium, fil′i-um, n. a genus of orthopterous insects of family Phasmid�—leaf-insects or walking-leaves.

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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.

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Leaf′age, leaves collectively: abundance of leaves: season of leaves or leafing; Leaf′-bridge, a form of drawbridge in which the rising leaf or leaves swing vertically on hinges; Leaf′-bud, a bud producing a stem with leaves only; Leaf′iness; Leaf′-in′sect, an orthopterous insect of family Phasmid�, the wing-covers like leaves.—adj.

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

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