ORTHOPTERA
\ˈɔːθəptəɹə], \ˈɔːθəptəɹə], \ˈɔː_θ_ə_p_t_ə_ɹ_ə]\
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An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.
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nerve fiber
- a threadlike extension of nerve cell Slender processes of neurons, especially the prolonged axons that conduct nerve impulses. One units trunk; it is axis process a neuron and medullated, i. e. white substance Schwann (myelin), medullated; either the medullated non-axis-cylinder or may not be surrounded by primitive sheath neurilemma, so that there are four forms of nerve-fibers.