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orthopterous

orthopterous adjective: belonging to the Orthoptera.

Adjective

orthopterous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the Orthoptera.

Origin of orthopterous

From translingual Orthoptera + -ous.

Questions about orthopterous

What does orthopterous mean?
Orthopterous means belonging to the Orthoptera.
What part of speech is orthopterous?
Orthopterous is an adjective.

Words near orthopterous in the dictionary

  1. orthopterologist
  2. orthopterologists
  3. orthopterology
  4. orthopteron
  5. orthopterons
  6. orthopterous
  7. orthopters
  8. orthoptic
  9. orthoptic circle
  10. orthoptic circles
  11. orthoptics

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