Meanings
plural American bird grasshoppers
- Schistocerca americana, a species of large North American grasshopper or locust, usually colored a dull yellow or tan with various markings of white, brown and black.
Synonyms: American grasshopper, American locust
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSchistocerca americana, a species of large North American grasshopper or locust, usually colored a dull yellow or tan with various markings of white, brown and black.
Origin
- taxonomic nameSchistocerca americana
- EnglishAmerican bird grasshopper
Calque of taxonomic name Schistocerca americana (literally “American schistocerca; American bird grasshopper”). By surface analysis, American (“of the United States”) + bird grasshopper (“Schistocerca sp.”).
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