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Orthoptera   Listen
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Orthoptera  n. pl.  (Zool.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the membranous posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. They also have chewing mouth parts. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.





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Words linked to "Orthoptera" :   family Gryllidae, order Orthoptera, family Locustidae, orthopteran, Stenopelmatidae, Insecta, orthopterous insect, Acrididae, family Tettigoniidae, Gryllidae, class Insecta, family Stenopelmatidae, Locustidae, class Hexapoda, family Acrididae


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