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Definition of Orthopterans
1. orthopteran [n] - See also: orthopteran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthopterans
Literary usage of Orthopterans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"... the prophase of the orthopterans described by McClung ("14.). Among the opened
out loops, there are many modifications. The most striking one is the ..."
2. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"... in certain orthopterans studied by them. Figure 96 illustrates the origin of
chromosome tetrads of five characteristic types by the two prominent modes ..."
3. Nature Sketches in Temperate America: A Series of Sketches and a Popular by Joseph Lane Hancock (1911)
"The appellation "Quaker," given to this species, is in allusion to the crackling
sound made by these orthopterans. It was first described by Fabricius, ..."
4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"We see, then, that the present opinion is, that the orthopterans pass the larval
phase of their existence in the egg,—that they pass their pupa state in an ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"We see, then, that the present opinion ÍH, that the orthopterans pass the larval
phase of their existence in the egg,—that they pass their pupa state in an ..."
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