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SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short-horned grasshopper mean?
• SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER (noun)
The noun SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER has 1 sense:
1. grasshopper with short antennae
Familiarity information: SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grasshopper with short antennae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
acridid; short-horned grasshopper
Hypernyms ("short-horned grasshopper" is a kind of...):
grasshopper; hopper (terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "short-horned grasshopper"):
locust (migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae)
Holonyms ("short-horned grasshopper" is a member of...):
Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)
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