单词 | red-legged grasshopper |
释义 | > as lemmasred-legged grasshopper red-legged grasshopper n. a small North American grasshopper with reddish hind tibiae, Melanoplus femurrubrum, which is often an agricultural pest. ΚΠ 1848 Cultivator Aug. 257/1 What is commonly called the red-legged grasshopper..prevails extensively and is often very destructive to vegetation. 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 271 The Red-legged Grasshopper..has been for several years immensely destructive in the far West, especially in Kansas. 1925 G. W. Herrick Man. Injurious Insects 328 The red-legged grasshopper..injures corn, oats, rye, timothy, blue grass, and soy beans. 1997 Jrnl. Ecol. 85 647 Adults of the red-legged grasshopper are repelled by the volatiles emitted from the [leaf] glands. < as lemmas |
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