Orthoptera

See also: orthoptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + πτερά (pterá, “wings”), plural of πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Orthoptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – various insects including crickets, grasshoppers, wetas, katydids, etc. It formerly included many other groups such as cockroaches, stick insects, mantids and earwigs, which are now classified in other orders

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Hyponyms

Descendants

  • English: orthopteran

References

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