/awr thop"teuhr euhs/ , adj.
belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
[ 1820-30; orthopterus straight-winged. See ORTHO-, -PTEROUS ]