red-legged locust

red-legged locust
noun see red-legged grasshopper

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  • Caloptenus femurrubrum — Grasshopper Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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