orthopterous insect

1. 1.

   any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts

   Synonymsorthopteronorthopteran

   Broaderinsect

   Narrowergrasshoppercricket

   Part ofOrthoptera

Questions about orthopterous insect

What does orthopterous insect mean?

orthopterous insect means "any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts".

What is another word for orthopterous insect?

Close synonyms include orthopteron, orthopteran. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orthopterous insect a common word?

orthopterous insect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.