Heuschrecke — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grasshopper noun A jumping insect with long back legs, known for making chirping sounds by rubbing its legs or wings together.
- locust noun A swarming grasshopper that devastates crops and vegetation in huge numbers.
Senses
Heuschrecke is used for these senses in English:
- grasshopper In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
- locust Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree. [from 17th c.]
- orthopteran (entomology) Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera.
grasshopper — full definition
- noun A jumping insect with long back legs, known for making chirping sounds by rubbing its legs or wings together.
- noun A cocktail made with crème de menthe, and often crème de cacao and cream.
locust — full definition
- noun A swarming grasshopper that devastates crops and vegetation in huge numbers.
- noun The carob tree, or its edible pod — sometimes called the locust tree or locust bean.