long-horned grasshopper

long-horned grasshopper

 (lông′hôrnd′, lŏng′-)

n.

Any of various large, usually greenish insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having very long, slender antennae.

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long′-horned` grass′hopper

n.

any of numerous insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long, threadlike antennae.

[1890–95]

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long-horned grasshopper - grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male tettigoniid grasshopper, hopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping family Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniidae - long-horned grasshoppers; katydids katydid - large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings Jerusalem cricket, sand cricket, Stenopelmatus fuscus - large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States

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