dictyopteran

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dictyopteran

(ˌdɪktɪˈɒptərən)
n
(Animals) any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
[New Latin, from Greek diktuon a net, from dikein to cast + pteron a wing]
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Adj.1.dictyopteran - of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera
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References in periodicals archive
The wing-venation of the Orthoptera Saltatoria with notes on dictyopteran wing-venation.
King crickets, raspy crickets and weta, their wings, their fossil relatives
The presence of lectins in different developmental stages of insects are reported in hemimetabolous insects, e.g., nymphs of the orthopteran Locusta migratoria (Drif & Brehelin 1994), adults of the dictyopteran Periplaneta americana (Kubo & Natori 1987), and adults of the phasmid Extatosoma tiaratum (Richards et al.
Specificity and developmental changes in hemagglutinating activity of serum of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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