phaneˈropterid, a. and n. Zool.
a. adj. Belonging to the genus Phaneroptera [f. phanero- + Gr. πτερόν wing] or family Phaneropteridæ of grasshoppers. b. n. A grasshopper of this family.
| 1895 Camb. Nat. Hist. V. xiii. 323 Two specimens of a little Phaneropterid..brought from the Soudan. |