grasshopper

grasshopper
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  • Grasshopper — Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grasshopper — (n.) mid 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), earlier greshoppe (c.1200), from O.E. gærshoppa; see GRASS (Cf. grass) + HOP (Cf. hop). Cf. M.Swed. gräshoppare, Ger. Grashüpfer. As a term of reproach, from Eccl. xii:5. Also recorded c.1300 as a name for… …   Etymology dictionary

  • grasshopper — ► NOUN ▪ a plant eating insect with long hind legs which are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound …   English terms dictionary

  • grasshopper — [gras′häp΄ər] n. [ME grashoppere, extended with er suffix (see ER) < greshoppe < OE gærshoppe < gærs (see GRASS) + base of hoppian (see HOP1)] 1. any of various families (esp. Acrididae) of leaping, plant eating orthopteran insects with… …   English World dictionary

  • Grasshopper — Grasshoppers Voller Name Grasshopper Club Zürich Gegründet 1. September 1886 Stadion …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grasshopper — Taxobox name = Caelifera fossil range=Late Permian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Immature grasshopper regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta ordo = Orthoptera subordo = Caelifera subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • GRASSHOPPER — Among the insects mentioned in the Bible as permitted for food are those that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth (see animals of the bible ). These are the arbeh ( locust ) after its… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • grasshopper — /gras hop euhr, grahs /, n. 1. 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… …   Universalium

  • Grasshopper — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Cinéma et télévision 2 Musique 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • grasshopper — (Roget s IV) n. Insects commonly called grasshoppers include: katydid, locust, cricket, green grasshopper, short horned grasshopper, long horned grasshopper, red legged grasshopper, Rocky Mountain grasshopper, Mormon cricket, hateful grasshopper; …   English dictionary for students

  • grasshopper — UK [ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə(r)] / US [ˈɡræsˌhɑpər] noun [countable] Word forms grasshopper : singular grasshopper plural grasshoppers a large insect with long back legs that moves by jumping and makes short high sounds • See: knee high …   English dictionary


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