migratory grasshopper

migratory grasshopper
noun
serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States
Hypernyms: ↑locust
Member Holonyms: ↑Melanoplus, ↑genus Melanoplus

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noun
: any of several migratory locusts of the genus Melanoplus, including serious pests of grain-growing and range areas of the central and western United States

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