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acridian, a. and n. Ent.|əˈkrɪdɪən|
[f. Gr. ἀκρίδ-, ἀκρίς locust + -ian; cf. F. acridien.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an orthopterous insect of the family Acridiidæ, comprising certain locusts and grasshoppers.
B. n. An insect of this family.
1878Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. XIX. 336 Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited a number of western Acridians in illustration of one type of dimorphism. 1889Cent. Dict., Acridian, a. 1904A. P. Morse Res. N. Amer. Acridiidæ 7 The Acridian fauna of the southeastern United States. 1930T. S. Eliot tr. St. John Perse's Anabasis 49 My heart gives heed to a family of acridians. |