Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Trochilidae .
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Examples
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This is not a grasshopper, but rather, a member of the same order, but classified as the suborder Ensifera of Long-Horned Orthoperta, and the family Tettigoniidae of Katydids, and the subfamily Conocephalinae of Coneheads.
What's That Bug? bugman 2010
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Both of your insects are Orthopterans, an insect order that contains grasshoppers and crickets and in the in the suborder Ensifera, the Long Horned Orthopterans with long antennae
What's That Bug? 2009
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