Look up: orthoptera

1. Orthoptera
   [n] - grasshoppers and locusts
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2. orthoptera
   walkingsticks, praying mantis, roaches, long-horned grasshoppers (e.g. katydids, meadow grasshoppers, cave and Mormon crickets),short-horned grasshoppers or locusts, and crickets (e.g. mole crickets, field crickets and tree crickets); characterised by strong mandibulate mouthparts and gradual or sim...
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3. Orthoptera
   Or·thop'te·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek 'orqo`s straight + ... feather, wing.] (Zoology) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect . &#x...
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4. orthoptera
   <zoology> An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. ... The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Strai...
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5. Orthoptera
   order Orthoptera noun grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
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6. Orthoptera
   • (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.
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7. Orthoptera
   Orthoptera Primitive winged insects such as cockroaches, locusts, mantises, and crickets.
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8. Orthoptera
   Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. Many insects in this order produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of co...
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9. Orthoptera
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ōr-thop′tĕr-ă Definitions: 1. A large order of hemimetabolous insects that includes the locusts, grasshoppers, mantids, walking sticks, and related forms.
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