Melanoplus
noun
Me·lan·o·plus
mə̇ˈlanəpləs
: a large American genus containing the migratory locusts of the western U.S. and other common American grasshoppers
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from melan- + -oplus (from Greek hoplon tool, implement)
- stake one's life on something
- stake presidency
- stake truck
- stake-and-rider
- staked
- staked out
- staked plain
- stakeholder
- stakeholders
- stakeholding
- stakeman
- stakemaster
- stakemen
- stakeout
- stakeouts
- staker
- stakerope
- stakes
- stakes out
- stakes race
- Stakhanov
- stakhanovism
- stakhanovisms
- Stakhanovite
- stakhanovites