differential grasshopper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Melanoplus differentialis, a New World species of moderately large grasshopper which can vary greatly in color from individual to individual.

Word forms

differential grasshopper differential grasshoppers

Etymology

differential + grasshopper, a partial calque of translingual Melanoplus differentialis, in reference to the species' various colors of exoskeleton.

Related words

Melanoplus differentialis
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.