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Etymology · Ancient Greek

ἀκρίς

3 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς, most common first.

acridologyThe scientific study of grasshoppers and locusts (of the infraorder Acrididea).
acridophagiA supposed locust-eating people in ancient ethnography, located by Diodorus Siculus, Jerome, Pliny the Elder, and Strabo, variously in Ethiopia, Libya, or Parthia.
acridophagusOne who eats grasshoppers and locusts.