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Acanthopteri
Acanthopteri Ac`an*thop"ter*i, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn + ? wing, fin.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Acanthopterous
Acanthopterous Ac`an*thop"ter*ous, a. [Gr. ? spine + ? wing.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Spiny-winged. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Acanthopterygious.
Acanthopterygian
Acanthopterygian Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch. -- n. A spiny-finned fish.
Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn + ? fin, dim. fr. ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
Acanthopterygious
Acanthopterygious Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Orthoptera
Insecta In*sec"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Insect.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n. 2. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda. 3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees and ants; Diptera, as the common flies and gnats; Aphaniptera, or fleas; Lepidoptera, or moths and butterflies; Neuroptera, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; Coleoptera, or beetles; Hemiptera, as bugs, lice, aphids; Orthoptera, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; Pseudoneuroptera, as the dragon flies and termites; Euplexoptera, or earwings; Thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.
Orthopteran
Orthopteran Or*thop"ter*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Orthoptera.
Orthopterous
Orthopterous Or*thop"ter*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.

Meaning of Thopter from wikipedia

- An ornithopter (from Gr**** ornis, ornith- 'bird' and pteron 'wing') is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Designers sought to imitate the flapping-wing...
- ancestors, which a Bene Gesserit may be trained to access. Ornithopter (or 'Thopter) – "Aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds;"...
- full 'thopter as the Duke banked it, holding the wings to a gentle beat. The wings are shortened when more jet thrust is used or the 'thopter uses the...