acridiann.adj.

Brit.

/əˈkrɪdɪən/, U.S.

/əˈkrɪdiən/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Acrida , -ian suffix; Greek ἀκρίδ- , ἀκρίς , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Acrida, genus name (see acridid n.) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρίδ-, ἀκρίς locust (see acridid n.) + -ian suffix. Compare French acridien (1803 or earlier; 1799 or earlier as acrydien).

Entomology.

A. n.

A locust or grasshopper; spec. one of the family Acrididae (= acridid n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Acrididae

grasshopOE

grasshopper1526

hoppergrass1829

acridian1847

acridid1889

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Acridians, a family of Orthopterous insects.

1878 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. 19 336 Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited a number of western Acridians in illustration of one type of dimorphism.

1930 T. S. Eliot tr. ‘St.-J. Perse’ Anabasis 49 My heart gives heed to a family of acridians.

1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) ii. 33 In an Acridian each organ consists of an external membrane or tympanum and opposed to its inner side is a group of chordotonal receptors.

1997 S. A. Kogo & S. Krall in S. Krall et al. New Strategies in Locust Control 420 In 1994, harvest losses due to acridians were close to zero.

B. adj.

Designating grasshoppers and locusts, spec. those of the family Acrididae; of or relating to this family (= acridid adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > belonging to Orthoptera > of or relating to family Acrididae > of or relating to member of

acridian1875

1875 C. Thomas in Rep. Geogr. & Geol. Explor. & Surv. (Engineer Dept., U.S. Army) V. xiii. 854 A single glance at a typical species of Proscopia is sufficient to reveal even to a superficial observer important variations from the true Acridian type.

1904 A. P. Morse Res. N. Amer. Acridiidæ 7 The Acridian fauna of the southeastern United States.

1965 A. Hannah-Alava in E. W. Caspari Adv. in Genetics XIII. 169 There is no doubt that three of the acridian species of the Orthoptera have a stem-cell method for spermatological renewal.

2006 Afr. Econ. Outlook 2005/6 (Org. Econ. Co-operation & Devel.) 448/1 The relatively weak growth of the sector in 2004,..is due mainly to external shocks (such as the acridian threat that affected particularly the maritime regions in the north of the country).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acridian
释义	acridiann.adj. Brit. /əˈkrɪdɪən/, U.S. /əˈkrɪdiən/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Acrida , -ian suffix; Greek ἀκρίδ- , ἀκρίς , -ian suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Acrida, genus name (see acridid n.) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρίδ-, ἀκρίς locust (see acridid n.) + -ian suffix. Compare French acridien (1803 or earlier; 1799 or earlier as acrydien). Entomology. A. n. A locust or grasshopper; spec. one of the family Acrididae (= acridid n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Acrididae grasshopOE grasshopper1526 hoppergrass1829 acridian1847 acridid1889 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Acridians, a family of Orthopterous insects. 1878 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. 19 336 Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited a number of western Acridians in illustration of one type of dimorphism. 1930 T. S. Eliot tr. ‘St.-J. Perse’ Anabasis 49 My heart gives heed to a family of acridians. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) ii. 33 In an Acridian each organ consists of an external membrane or tympanum and opposed to its inner side is a group of chordotonal receptors. 1997 S. A. Kogo & S. Krall in S. Krall et al. New Strategies in Locust Control 420 In 1994, harvest losses due to acridians were close to zero. B. adj. Designating grasshoppers and locusts, spec. those of the family Acrididae; of or relating to this family (= acridid adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > belonging to Orthoptera > of or relating to family Acrididae > of or relating to member of acridian1875 1875 C. Thomas in Rep. Geogr. & Geol. Explor. & Surv. (Engineer Dept., U.S. Army) V. xiii. 854 A single glance at a typical species of Proscopia is sufficient to reveal even to a superficial observer important variations from the true Acridian type. 1904 A. P. Morse Res. N. Amer. Acridiidæ 7 The Acridian fauna of the southeastern United States. 1965 A. Hannah-Alava in E. W. Caspari Adv. in Genetics XIII. 169 There is no doubt that three of the acridian species of the Orthoptera have a stem-cell method for spermatological renewal. 2006 Afr. Econ. Outlook 2005/6 (Org. Econ. Co-operation & Devel.) 448/1 The relatively weak growth of the sector in 2004,..is due mainly to external shocks (such as the acridian threat that affected particularly the maritime regions in the north of the country). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1847
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