| 单词 | short-horned grasshopper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-horned grasshopper short-horned grasshopper n. any of numerous grasshoppers and locusts comprising the family Acrididae, which have relatively short, thickened antennae in comparison to the bush crickets or ‘long-horned grasshoppers’ (family Tettigoniidae). Acrididae includes all grasshopper species, which are plant eaters and have (in the male) the ability to stridulate by rubbing a hind leg against the adjacent forewing. Cf. grasshopper n. 2a. ΚΠ 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 115 To the third and fourth [groups belong], certain kinds of Short-horned or Jumping Grasshoppers. 1932 Jrnl. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 47 55 The short horned grasshoppers (Acrididae) have two other methods of producing sounds. 1998 C. Wilsdon Audubon First Field Guide Insects (2005) 35 The antennae of a short-horned grasshopper are rarely half the length of the insect's body. < as lemmas |
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