- rocky mountain grasshopper
- noun
or rocky mountain locust
Usage: usually capitalized R&M: a No. American grasshopper (Melanoplus spretus)
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rocky mountain grasshopper
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rocky mountain locust — noun see rocky mountain grasshopper * * * a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, esp. the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation. Also called Rocky Mountain grasshopper. [1875 80 … Useful english dictionary
Rocky Mountain locust — a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, esp. the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation. Also called Rocky Mountain grasshopper. [1875 80, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Rocky Mountain locust — Rocky Rock y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rocky Mountain sheep — Rocky Rock y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grasshopper — (Roget s IV) n. Insects commonly called grasshoppers include: katydid, locust, cricket, green grasshopper, short horned grasshopper, long horned grasshopper, red legged grasshopper, Rocky Mountain grasshopper, Mormon cricket, hateful grasshopper; … English dictionary for students
Rocky — Rock y, a. 1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grasshopper Glacier (Montana) — Infobox Glacier | glacier name = Grasshopper Glacier (Montana) caption = type = Mountain glacier location = Montana, U.S. coordinates = coord|45|8|2|N|109|52|53|W|type:glacier area = 320 acres (129 ha) length = .20 (.32 km) thickness = terminus … Wikipedia
short-horned grasshopper — /shawrt hawrnd / locust (def. 1). [1885 90] * * * any of more than 10,000 species of insects (order Orthoptera) that are characterized by short, heavy antennae, a four valved ovipositor for laying eggs, and three segmented tarsi (distal segments … Universalium
The Grasshopper State — «штат саранчи». Это презрительное прозвищу штат Канзас и его жители (Grasshoppers) получили из за распространенной здесь разновидности саранчи, так называемой саранчи Скалистых гор (the Rocky Mountain grasshopper), опустошавшей посевы зерновых в… … Словарь топонимов США
