Meaning Of Grasshopper In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of grasshopper in English grasshoppernoun [ C ] uk /ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒp.ər/ us /ˈɡræsˌhɑː.pɚ/ Add to word list Add to word list a large insect with long back legs that can jump very high and makes a sharp, high noise using its back legs or wings   Antagain/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Insect names

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• A grasshopper hops on six legs. 
• A grasshopper that is 2.5 centimeters long can hop 50 centimeters: That’s twenty times its size! 
• Grasshoppers also use their legs to make music! 
• Grasshoppers, like all insects, have six legs. 
• In Oaxaca, Mexico, there are many grasshoppers. 
• Kangaroos hop on two legs, while grasshoppers hop on six. 
• So, the grasshopper can move away from danger quickly. 
• The people in Oaxaca say that grasshoppers have a very good taste. 
• Then they put salt and other things on the cooked grasshoppers. 
• They also think grasshoppers are very good for their health. 
• This tells other grasshoppers that danger is near. 

(Definition of grasshopper from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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grasshoppernoun [ C ] us /ˈɡræsˌhɑp·ər/ Add to word list Add to word list an insect that eats plants and has long back legs that make it able to jump high (Definition of grasshopper from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of grasshopper

grasshopper However, in non-outbreak years, the overall population dynamics of grasshoppers appears to be influenced significantly by a suite of natural enemies attacking successive developmental stages. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some experiments were carried out on this subject with some of the common grasshoppers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Fungous diseases of adult grasshoppers can be ignored, for in normal years the percentage of infestation is very low, probably less than one per cent. From the Cambridge English Corpus All control insects survived the 9-day period of observation, while 30-95% of parasitized grasshoppers died, depending on the species (table 1). From the Cambridge English Corpus All branches of each plant and the ground in each square were carefully examined in order to detect the presence of any grasshopper. From the Cambridge English Corpus Secondary defence in the grasshopper does not occur if the spermathecae are surgically removed prior to mating. From the Cambridge English Corpus These grasshoppers usually occurred on leaves or branches of trees, and were flushed by the macaques' movements. From the Cambridge English Corpus Individual larvae were transferred with a camel's hair brush into the ruptured tympanum of each grasshopper. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the flies were not able to deter large beetles (four cases) or grasshoppers (11 cases). From the Cambridge English Corpus The distribution of the grasshopper species in habitats is determined chiefly by microclimatic conditions, primarily by the air and soil humidities. From the Cambridge English Corpus It wouldn't bother me one iota if it turned out that humans were as banal as grasshoppers. From the Cambridge English Corpus All unparasitized grasshoppers survived while 75-95% of permissive and 30-40% of non-permissive hosts died. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the different strategy adaptations of this insular grasshopper were compared with related continental species. From the Cambridge English Corpus The present studies were carried out in order to find out the potential and actual fertilities of grasshoppers, and to determine their role in outbreaks. From the Cambridge English Corpus Developing grasshopper neurons show variable levels of guanylyl cyclase activity on arrival at their targets. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of grasshopper?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 蚱蜢，蝗蟲… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 蚱蜢，蝗虫… See more in Spanish saltamontes, saltamontes [masculine]… See more in Portuguese gafanhoto, gafanhoto [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian キリギリス, バッタ, イナゴ… See more çekirge… See more sauterelle [feminine], sauterelle… See more llagosta… See more sprinkhaan… See more kobylka… See more græshoppe… See more belalang… See more ตั๊กแตน… See more châu chấu… See more pasikonik, konik polny… See more gräshoppa… See more belalang… See more der Grashüpfer… See more gresshoppe [masculine], gresshoppe… See more 메뚜기… See more коник… See more cavalletta… See more Need a translator?

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