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Orthoptera
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Orthoptera
an order of insects of little direct importance to veterinary science except that some act as the intermediate host for some worms. Includes grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches.
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Particularly striking examples are the hind legs of orthopteran insects such as grasshopper, which have evolved into specialized jumping legs.
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