English Explanatory Dictionary

American bird grasshopper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Schistocerca americana, a species of large North American grasshopper or locust, usually colored a dull yellow or tan with various markings of white, brown and black.

Word forms

American bird grasshopper American bird grasshoppers

Etymology

Calque of taxonomic name Schistocerca americana (literally “American schistocerca; American bird grasshopper”). By surface analysis, American (“of the United States”) + bird grasshopper (“Schistocerca sp.”).

Synonyms

American grasshopper American locust

Related words

Schistocerca americana
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