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grasshopper

[gras-hop-er] / ˈgræsˌhɒp ər /


NOUN
locust
Synonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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Their farms regularly suffer severe losses from Senegalese grasshopper swarms.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

Her metal artworks include a large grasshopper and a dinosaur, which are installed in her garden.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Whether you are a grasshopper or a bird or a human, if you start destroying the environment in which you live, then you are overpopulated.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Ground-nesting birds, such as the diminutive grasshopper sparrow, are more elusive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

It was going round in a circle, towards him, and, as the last grasshopper rubbed its legs together, the man on his right squeezed his hand.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White