Crossword clues for orthoptera
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orthoptera \Or*thop"te*ra\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + ? feather, wing.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc. See Illust. under Insect.
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.
Wiktionary
n. Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order ''Orthoptera'', such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts
WordNet
n. any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts [syn: orthopterous insect, orthopteran]
[also: orthoptera (pl)]
See orthopteron
Wikipedia
The Orthoptera order of insects includes the grasshoppers, crickets, cave crickets, Jerusalem crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locusts. More than 27,000 species are distributed worldwide. Many insects in this order have paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, and produce sound (known as a " stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The tympanum or ear is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals.
Grasshoppers are able to fold their wings, placing them in the group Neoptera.
Usage examples of "orthoptera".
With his tin box under his arm, and his butterfly net in his hand, and his huge magnifying-glass suspended from his neck, he would be sometimes far ahead, sometimes a long way behind, and at the risk of being attacked by some venomous snake, would make frantic dashes into the tall grass whenever he espied some attractive orthoptera or other insect which he thought might be honoured by a place in his collection.
In the course of an hour or two he had adorned his hat with a variety of orthoptera, coleoptera, and all the other opteras known to the insect-catching profession.
The water boatman is much more compact in form than the Orthoptera, or any of the other insects we have studied.
With this difference: that the invasions of those Orthoptera never brought me a son whereas I earned my living by carrying on a dialogue with people I scorned.