orthoptera

Noun

Meaning

An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

order Orthoptera fiddler cricket bug caller arthropod cicada grasshopper cricketer odonata orthopteron hexapoda chirper stridulator hemimetabola

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Hypernyms

animal order

Examples

This system is observed in a number of insects, including the grasshoppers and crickets of order Orthoptera and in cockroaches (order Blattodea ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

orthopsychiatry orthopsychology orthopter orthopteran orthopteran insect orthopterist