Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of very many four-winged
insects , of the orderOrthoptera , such asgrasshoppers ,crickets andlocusts
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Examples
-
For all the confusion they might inspire, I love the stridulations of orthoptera (their technical name that means "rigid winged").
-
Like several other orthoptera, including the wonderfully named long-winged conehead, the bush cricket is on a northward march, possibly as a consequence of climate change.
-
I can—I will—no longer tolerate your repeated denomination of me as a member of that vexatious order of orthoptera known scientifically as Gryllus domesticus.
-
These insects belong among the orthoptera -- an order including species whose transformations are less complete than in other groups, and whose larval and pupal forms are very active, and closely resemble the imago.
-
We are singularly rich in orthoptera: I don't know whether -- Ah! you have got hold of that glass jar -- - you are looking into that instead of my drawers.
-
We are singularly rich in orthoptera: I don't know whether -- Ah! you have got hold of that glass jar -- you are looking into that instead of my drawers.
-
Please to tell me where I can find any account of the auditory organs in the orthoptera?
-
I feel great difficulty in conceiving by what natural process an insect with a suctorial mouth, like that of a gnat or butterfly, could be developed from a powerfully mandibulate type like the orthoptera, or even from the neuroptera ...
-
-- The _Phasmidæ_ or spectres, another class of orthoptera, present as close a resemblance to small branches or leafless twigs as their congeners do to green leaves.
-
[Footnote 1: _M. aridifolia_ and _M. extensicollis_, as well as _Empusa gongyloides_, remarkable for the long leaf-like head, and dilatations on the posterior thighs, are common in the island.] _The Stick-insect_ -- The _Phasmidoe_ or spectres, another class of orthoptera, present as close a resemblance to small branches or leafless twigs as their congeners do to green leaves.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.