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orthopteroid

Syllabification: (or·thop·ter·oid)
Definition of orthopteroid

adjective

Entomology
  • of or relating to a group of insect orders that are related to the grasshoppers and crickets, including also the stoneflies, stick insects, earwigs, cockroaches, mantises, and termites.

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