Definition of Orthaptera
||Or*thop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. 'orqo`s straight + &?; feather, wing.]
(Zoöl.) An order of mandibulate insects including
grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under
Insect.
&fist; The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the
posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan.
The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a taxonomic order, within subclass Pterygota - various insects including the cockroach, cricket, grasshopper etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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