Acrididae
plural noun
Acrid·i·dae
ə-ˈkri-də-ˌdē
: a family of orthopterous insects that includes the true locusts and the grasshoppers with short antennae
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Acrida, type genus (feminine noun derivative of Greek akrid-, akrís "grasshopper," perhaps of substratal origin) + -idae -idae
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above