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grasshopper

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: grasshopper

1
 n
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
2
 n
a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: grasshopper
1

n terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

Synonyms:
hopper
Types:
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acridid, short-horned grasshopper
grasshopper with short antennae
long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
locust
migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
katydid
large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
Jerusalem cricket, Stenopelmatus fuscus, sand cricket
large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
Type of:
orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect
any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
2

n a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

Type of:
cocktail
a short mixed drink
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