orthoptera

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun orthoptera has 1 sense

orthoptera(n = noun.animal) order orthoptera - grasshoppers and locusts; crickets;

is a kind of animal order

is a member of class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta

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CIDE DICTIONARY

orthoptera, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + feather, wing.].

An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. See Illust. under Insect. [1913 Webster]

" 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." [1913 Webster]