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orthopteran
N แมลง พวก Orthoptera เช่น ตั๊กแตน จิ้งหรีด เป็นต้น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ORTHOPTERA
Or *thop "te *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.
Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.
ORTHOPTERAN
ORTHOPTERAN Or *thop "ter *an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Orthoptera.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Orthoptera
Or thop ter a |ôrˈTHäptərə ɔrˈθɑptərə |Entomology an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc. They have a saddle-shaped thorax, hind legs that are typically long and modified for jumping, and a characteristic song that the male produces by stridulation. • (as plural noun orthoptera ) insects of this order. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from ortho- ‘straight ’ + Greek pteros ‘wing. ’
orthopteran
or thop ter an |ôrˈTHäptərən ɔrˈθɑptərən |Entomology ▶noun an insect of the order Orthoptera, such as a grasshopper or cricket. ▶adjective relating to or denoting orthopterans. DERIVATIVES or thop ter ous |-tərəs |adjective
Oxford Dictionary
Orthoptera
Orthoptera |ɔːˈθɒpt (ə )rə | ▶plural noun Entomology an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, crickets, and their relatives. They have a saddle-shaped thorax, hind legs that are typically long and modified for jumping, and a characteristic song which the male produces by stridulation. • ( orthoptera ) insects of the order Orthoptera. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from ortho- ‘straight ’ + Greek pteros ‘wing ’.
orthopteran
orthopteran |ɔːˈθɒpt (ə )rən |Entomology ▶noun an insect of the order Orthoptera, such as a grasshopper or cricket. ▶adjective relating to or denoting orthopterans. DERIVATIVES orthopterous adjective
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