long-horned grasshopper

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

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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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Anabrus Anabrus simplex family Stenopelmatidae family Tettigoniidae genus Anabrus genus Microcentrum genus Stenopelmatus grasshopper Hopper Jerusalem cricket katydid Microcentrum Mormon cricket order Orthoptera Orthoptera sand cricket Stenopelmatidae Stenopelmatus Stenopelmatus fuscus			After the various finds from all the researchers are sorted, it is believed the expedition will have discovered one or two new species of catfish, one or two new frogs, five or six new species of katydids - also known as long-horned grasshoppers - and several new species of beetles, says Marshall, a 1989 graduate of Reed College in Portland who grew up in Boston. Found in a lost world by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			long-coats long-dated long-day long-day plant long-distance long-distance call long-distance runner Long-drawn long-drawn-out long-eared long-eared bat long-eared owl long-faced long-familiar long-fin tunny long-forgotten long-grain long-haired long-handled long-handled spade long-haul long-head coneflower long-headed Long-horned long-horned beetle long-horned grasshopper long-jawed long-lasting long-legged Long-legged plover long-legs long-life long-life milk long-limbed long-liner long-lived long-lost long-neck clam long-off long-on long-play long-playing long-range long-range bomber aircraft long-range transport aircraft long-run long-running long-shanked Long-sight long-sighted long-sightedness			long-fin tunny Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Finned Squid long-forgotten long-grain long-haired Long-Haired Hamster long-handled long-handled foil condenser long-handled foil condenser long-handled foil condenser long-handled spade long-haul long-haul long-haul long-haul carrier system Long-haul communications Long-Haul Communications System long-haul radio Long-Haul Wavelength Division Multiplexing long-head coneflower long-headed long-headedness long-hole drill long-hole jetting Long-horned long-horned beetle long-horned grasshopper long-horned grasshoppers Long-house Long-jawed Long-jawed orb weaver Long-jumper Long-jumper Long-jumping Long-jumping long-keep long-lasting long-lasting Long-Lasting Allergic Patch Test Reaction Long-Lasting Degeneration Argyrophilia Long-Lasting Delayed Graft Function Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Net Long-lasting potentiation Long-Lasting Slow Bursting Long-Latency Acoustic Evoked Potential Long-Latency Stretch Response long-leg cast long-leg cast long-leg cast long-leg cast long-leg cast with walker long-legged Long-legged plover long-legs long-life long-life items

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