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LOCUSTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Locustidae mean?
• LOCUSTIDAE (noun)
The noun LOCUSTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
Familiarity information: LOCUSTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae
Hypernyms ("Locustidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Locustidae"):
acridid; short-horned grasshopper (grasshopper with short antennae)
genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)
genus Melanoplus; Melanoplus (New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers)
Holonyms ("Locustidae" is a member of...):
order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)
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