Meaning of GRASSHOPPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'gras`hâpur
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- [n] terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- [n] a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
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| | Synonyms: | | hopper |
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| | See Also: | | acridid, cocktail, creme de menthe, long-horned grasshopper, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect, short-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Grass"hop`per\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the
families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}. The species and
genera are very numerous. The former family includes the
Western grasshopper or locust ({Caloptenus spretus}),
noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region
beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the
red-legged ({Caloptenus femurrubrum} and {C. atlanis}) are
closely related species, but their ravages are less
important. They are closely related to the migratory
locusts of the Old World. See {Locust}.
Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
{Locustid[ae]}. They have long antenn[ae], large
ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the
wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper
({Locusta viridissima}) belongs to this family. The
common American green species mostly belong to
{Xiphidium}, {Orchelimum}, and {Conocephalus}.
2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the
escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out
and replaced with the key; -- called also the {hopper.}
--Grove.
{Grasshopper engine}, a steam engine having a working beam
with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the
other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate
point.
{Grasshopper lobster} (Zo["o]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U.
S.]
{Grasshopper warbler} (Zo["o]l.), cricket bird.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a grasshopper in your dream, foretells of enemies that will threaten your interest, disappointments in business, or illness.
To draw other people's attention to a grasshopper means your indiscretion in dispatching your private business. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae. This insect is not unknown in Palestine. In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer. 46:23, where the Authorized Version has "grasshopper," the Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word ('arbeh) by "locust." This is the case also in Amos 7:1; Nah. 3:17, where the Hebrew word _gob_ is used; and in Lev. 11:22; Num. 13:33; Eccl. 12:5; Isa. 40:22, where _hagab_ is used. In all these instances the proper rendering is probably "locust" (q.v.). |
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| | Related Terms: | | broad jumper, bucking bronco, buckjumper, cicada, cicala, cricket, dog-day cicada, feckless, flea, frog, gazelle, goat, happy-go-lucky, heedless, high jumper, hopper, hoppergrass, hurdle racer, hurdler, improvident, jackrabbit, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kangaroo, leaper, locust, negligent, pole vaulter, salmon, shiftless, stag, sunfisher, thoughtless, thriftless, timber topper, uneconomical, unproviding, unthrifty, vaulter |
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