Protorthoptera

plural noun

Prot·​orthoptera

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: an order of extinct insects related to the Orthoptera, known only from the Upper Carboniferous and Permian, and characterized by numerous venational features recalling the Orthoptera

protorthopteran

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adjective or noun

protorthopteron

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noun

protorthopterous

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from prot- + Orthoptera

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