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Orthoptera (gcide) | Orthoptera \Or*thop"te*ra\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s
straight + ? feather, wing.] (Zool.)
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers,
locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. See
Illust. under Insect.
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Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect
the membranous posterior wings, which are larger and
fold longitudinally like a fan. They also have chewing
mouth parts. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.
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orthoptera (wn) | Orthoptera
n 1: grasshoppers and locusts; crickets [syn: Orthoptera,
order Orthoptera] |
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order orthoptera (encz) | order Orthoptera, n: |
orthopteran (encz) | orthopteran, n: |
Orthoptera (gcide) | Orthoptera \Or*thop"te*ra\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s
straight + ? feather, wing.] (Zool.)
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers,
locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. See
Illust. under Insect.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect
the membranous posterior wings, which are larger and
fold longitudinally like a fan. They also have chewing
mouth parts. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.
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Orthopteran (gcide) | Orthopteran \Or*thop"ter*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Orthoptera.
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order orthoptera (wn) | order Orthoptera
n 1: grasshoppers and locusts; crickets [syn: Orthoptera,
order Orthoptera] |
orthopteran (wn) | orthopteran
n 1: any of various insects having leathery forewings and
membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts [syn:
orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran] |
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