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Orthoptera

noun
1.
Grasshoppers and locusts; crickets.  Synonym: order Orthoptera.



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"Orthoptera" Quotes from Famous Books



... even here there was so much overlapping of the ends of the chromosomes that it was impossible to be absolutely certain of the number. In the two most favorable cases 23 were counted (fig. 94). This differs from McClung's count for similar cases among the Orthoptera, and Sutton's for Brachystola magna. The eggs have so far resisted all efforts to learn what part the odd chromosome may ...
— Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) • Nettie Maria Stevens



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



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