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ORTHOPTERON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: orthoptera   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts

Synonyms:

orthopteran; orthopteron; orthopterous insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("orthopteron" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orthopteron"):

grasshopper; hopper (terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping)

cricket (leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together)

Holonyms ("orthopteron" is a member of...):

order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)

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