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MELANOPLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers

Synonyms:

genus Melanoplus; Melanoplus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Melanoplus"):

migratory grasshopper (serious pest of grain-growing and range areas of central and western United States)

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

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)

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