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Orthoptera
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orthoptera
Translingual
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Etymology
From mul grc ὀρθός straight + grc πτερά wings, plural of grc πτερόν wing.
Proper noun
order superorder Polyneoptera various insects including crickets, grasshoppers, wetas, katydids, etc It formerly included many other groups such as cockroaches, stick insects, mantids and earwigs, which are now classified in other orders
Hypernyms
order ; Pterygota subclass; Neoptera infraclass; Polyneoptera superorder
Hyponyms
order Caelifera suborder, mul Ensifera suborders
Descendants
en orthopteran
References
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mul Crickets and grasshoppers