spur-throated grasshopper

noun

Any Catantopinae grasshopper.

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Meanings

nounspur-throated grasshopper (plural spur-throated grasshoppers)

plural spur-throated grasshoppers

  1. Any grasshopper of two Acrididae subfamilies:
    1. Any Catantopinae grasshopper.
    2. Any Melanoplinae grasshopper.

Origin

From spur + throated + grasshopper.

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APA

spur-throated grasshopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spur-throated%20grasshopper

MLA

“spur-throated grasshopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spur-throated%20grasshopper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spur-throated grasshopper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spur-throated%20grasshopper.

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