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


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