phaneˈropterid,a.andn.Zool. a.adj. Belonging to the genus Phaneroptera[f. phanero- + Gr. πτερόν wing] or family Phaneropteridæ of grasshoppers. b.n. A grasshopper of this family. 1895Camb. Nat.Hist. V. xiii. 323 Two specimens of a little Phaneropterid..brought from the Soudan.