tettigoniidn.
/tɛtɪˈɡəʊnɪɪd/ = longhorn grasshopper n. at longhorn n. Compounds. Also attributive, of or pertaining to an insect of this kind or the family in which it is included.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Tettigoniidae > member of
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tettigonian1842
longhorn grasshopper1893
koringkriek1913
tettigoniid1921
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > belonging to Orthoptera > of or relating to member of Tettigoniidae
tettigoniid1946
1921 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. xvi. 86 Some of the Tettigoniids are wingless and come out only at night.
1931 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 17 June 704/2 A Fossorial wasp with Tettigoniid (Locustid) prey.
1935 Discovery Nov. 317/2 Certain long-horned grasshoppers or Tettigonids..are representatives of extensive groups.
1939 M. Barr Insect Legion ii. 12 The big Tettigonids..are capable of biting a piece of flesh out of a finger.
1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past xii. 365 Platycleis occidentalis jerseyana.., a tettigoniid grasshopper, is well distinguished in size.
1957 New Biol. 23 31 This wing mechanism is also found in the Tettigoniids.
1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 74 The tettigoniids, or longhorn grasshoppers, may be distinguished from the acridids, or grasshoppers, by their long filamentous antennae.
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