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• stridulating organs — The impact of some part of the body against the substratum; friction method, rubbing two parts of the body together; vibrating membrane; sound produced by a pulsed air stream …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• stridulating organ — Sound producing organ formed by interacting areas of regularly ridged or beaded integument (e.g. paired chelipeds in Strigopagurus or cheliped and carapace in ocypodids) [Poore, 2004]. Structure in which two parts of exoskeleton are rubbed… …   Crustacea glossary

• pedal stridulating organ — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In male Hemipterous Corixidae, the spinose area on the inside of each front femur when drawn over the edge of the clypeus …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• spider — spiderless, adj. spiderlike, adj. /spuy deuhr/, n. 1. any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 2. (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or… …   Universalium

• C atlanis — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Caloptenus femurrubrum — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Caloptenus spretus — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cyrtophyllus concavus — Katydid Ka ty*did , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect ({Cyrtophyllus concavus}) of the family {Locustid[ae]}, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grasshopper — Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grasshopper engine — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grasshopper lobster — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English