Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Straight-winged; having wings that lie straight when folded; specifically, of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the
Orthoptera .
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Examples
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Locusts are classified under the order of orthopterous insects of the family Acrydiidae, and are very closely related to grasshoppers.
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An orthopterous insect that holds its arms as if in prayer.
The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890
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Now, come, let us look at all of our orthopterous friends again, cockroaches first.
The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890
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But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you orthopterous fellows than we did.
The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890
chained_bear commented on the word orthopterous
"...seizing a small orthopterous insect and putting it into a collecting-box..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Truelove, 167
March 11, 2008