"orthopteran" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orthopterans [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Orthoptera (“order of insects”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|Orthoptera|-an|lang1=mul|t1=order of insects}} translingual Orthoptera (“order of insects”) + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} orthopteran (plural orthopterans)
  1. (entomology) Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera. Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Insects Translations (an insect of the order Orthoptera): Heuschrecke [feminine] (German), మిడుత (miḍuta) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-orthopteran-en-noun-EI5S4yQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Telugu translations Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences Related terms: jumping bristletail, archaeognathan (english: Archaeognatha), cockroach and termite, blattodean (english: Blattodea), beetle, coleopteran (english: Coleoptera), earwig, dermapteran (english: Dermaptera), flies, dipteran (english: Diptera), webspinner, embiopteran (alt: Embioptera), mayflies, ephemeropteran (english: Ephemeroptera), ice crawler, grylloblattodean (english: Grylloblattodea), true bug, hemipteran (english: Hemiptera), hymenopteran (english: ant, bee, wasp; Hymenoptera) [usually], butterflies and moth, lepidopteran (english: Lepidoptera), mantis, mantodean (english: Mantodea), mantophasmid (english: Mantophasmatodea), scorpionflies, mecopteran (english: Mecoptera), megalopteran (alt: alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) (english: Megaloptera) [usually], neuropteran (alt: antlion, lacewing, mantisflies) (english: Neuroptera) [usually], damselflies and dragonflies, odonatan (alt: Odonata), stick insect, phasmatodean (english: Phasmatodea), stoneflies, plecopteran (english: Plecoptera), booklice, psocodean (english: Psocodea), snakeflies, raphidiopteran (english: Raphidioptera), flea, siphonapteran (english: Siphonaptera), strepsipteran (english: Strepsiptera), thrips, thysanopteran (english: Thysanoptera), caddis flies, trichopteran (english: Trichoptera), zorapteran (english: Zoraptera), silverfish, zygentoman (english: Zygentoma)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "Thysanoptera",
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