ORTHOPTEROID

Etymology

Noun

orthopteroid (plural orthopteroids)

(entomology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc. [from 19th c.]

Anagrams

• prototheorid

Source: Wiktionary



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HERMAPHRODITE

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