Meaning Of The Word Grasshopper

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grasshopper
countable noun: A grasshopper is an insect with long back legs that jumps high into the air and makes a high, vibrating sound.

grasshopper in American English
any of various families (esp. Acrididae) of leaping, plant-eating orthopteran insects with powerful hind legs adapted for jumping
noun: any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, esp. of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation

grasshopper in British English
noun: any orthopterous insect of the families Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) and Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers), typically terrestrial, feeding on plants, and producing a ticking sound by rubbing the hind legs against the leathery forewings

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