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LOCUSTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts

Synonyms:

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Locustidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Locustidae"):

acridid; short-horned grasshopper (grasshopper with short antennae)

genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)

genus Melanoplus; Melanoplus (New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers)

Holonyms ("Locustidae" is a member of...):

order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)

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