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tettigoniid|tɛtɪˈgəʊnɪɪd| Also tettigonid. [a. mod.L. family name Tettigoniidæ, f. generic name Tettigonia (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 429), f. tettix + -onia: see -id3.] = long-horn(ed) grasshopper s.v. longhorn 4. Also attrib., of or pertaining to an insect of this kind or the family in which it is included.
1921H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. xvi. 86 Some of the Tettigoniids are wingless and come out only at night. 1935Discovery Nov. 317/2 Certain long-horned grasshoppers or Tettigonids..are representatives of extensive groups. 1939M. Barr Insect Legion ii. 12 The big Tettigonids..are capable of biting a piece of flesh out of a finger. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating Past xii. 365 Platycleis occidentalis jerseyana.., a tettigoniid grasshopper, is well distinguished in size. 1957New Biol. XXIII. 31 This wing mechanism is also found in the Tettigoniids. 1972[see long-horn(ed) grasshopper s.v. long-horn 4]. |