Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthopteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thopter-an
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera.

Etymology

From Translingual Orthoptera (“order of insects”) + English -an.

Inflected Forms

orthopterans (plural)

Synonyms

orthopterous insect orthopteron

Questions

What does orthopteran mean?: Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera.
Where does orthopteran come from?: From Translingual Orthoptera (“order of insects”) + English -an.

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