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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: American grasshopper, American locust
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird grasshopper
History
Calque of taxonomic name Schistocerca americana (literally “American schistocerca; American bird grasshopper”). By surface analysis, American (“of the United States”) + bird grasshopper (“Schistocerca sp.”).
