Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grasshopper"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Grasshopper
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.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grasshopper \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grasshopper
n 1: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for
leaping [syn: {hopper}]
2: creme de menthe and cream sometimes with creme de cacao
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