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单词 orthopterous
释义

orthopterous

[ awr-thop-ter-uhs ]
/ ɔrˈθɒp tər əs /

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.

Origin of orthopterous

First recorded in 1820–30, orthopterous is from the New Latin word orthopterus straight-winged. See ortho-, -pterous

Words nearby orthopterous

orthopraxy, orthopsychiatry, orthopter, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous, orthoptic, orthoptics, orthoptist, orthopyroxene, orthorexia
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Example sentences from the Web for orthopterous

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

    The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley
  • Phyllium, fil′i-um, n. a genus of orthopterous insects of family Phasmid—leaf-insects or walking-leaves.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
  • But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you orthopterous fellows than we did.

    The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley
  • The head is in form much like that of certain larvæ of Neuroptera and of Forficula, an Orthopterous insect.

    Our Common Insects|Alpheus Spring Packard

British Dictionary definitions for orthopterous

orthopterous

orthopteran

/ (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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