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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

  1. noun A jumping insect with long back legs, known for making chirping sounds by rubbing its legs or wings together.
  2. noun A cocktail made with crème de menthe, and often crème de cacao and cream.

locust — full definition

  1. noun A swarming grasshopper that devastates crops and vegetation in huge numbers.
  2. noun The carob tree, or its edible pod — sometimes called the locust tree or locust bean.

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