orthopterous.
(De orto- y ??(ptero).
1. adj. Zool. It is said of chewing insects, simple metamorphosis, which have a couple of consistent elytra and other membranous wings folded lengthwise; e.g., the grasshoppers and crickets. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Zool. Order of these insects.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
