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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 antennaeplay

  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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