orthopterousadj.
/ɔːˈθɒpt(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ɔrˈθɑpt(ə)rəs/ Entomology.
Belonging or relating to the order Orthoptera. Also: = orthopteroid adj.
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1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. vii. 436 Hence some notion may be obtained of the contents of the Orthopterous circle.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 41 I know no orthopterous insect that can be called extremely minute.
1859 Sat. Rev. 19 Nov. 612/1 The fantastical varieties of orthopterous insects which simulate inanimate nature in the forests of Ceylon.
1920 W. J. Lucas Monogr. Brit. Orthoptera p. v One or two new ones [sc. species] may fairly be looked for, when those naturalists who investigate our orthopterous fauna have become more numerous.
1965 D. R. Ragge Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches Brit. Isles i. 2 The various types of Orthopterous insect have little in common.
2001 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 18 May A1 The Mormon cricket..isn't technically a cricket, although it falls under the same entomological umbrella as other orthopterous insects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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