orthopteristn.
/ɔːˈθɒptərɪst/, U.S. /ɔrˈθɑpt(ə)rəst/ An expert in or student of the orthoptera.
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aurelian1778
lepidopterist1826
coleopterist1852
neuropterist1869
hymenopterologist1870
scarabaeist1872
curculionist1874
aphidologist1876
myrmecologist1879
orthopterist1880
hymenopterist1881
lepidopterologist1899
drosophilist1961
1880 Proc. Zool. Soc. 152 The experienced Orthopterist Herr Brunner von Wattenwyl.
1937 Ecology 18 245 Considerable attention has been directed by field orthopterists to the vegetation with which certain species are often associated.
1988 J. A. Marshall & E. C. M. Haes Grasshoppers & Allied Insects Great Brit. & Ireland i. vi. 31 This is why the New Forest and Isle of Purbeck..are such good hunting grounds for the orthopterist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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