Definitions
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
Word origin
From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.
Used in a sentence
“But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.”
“Does he order Scotch-on-the-rocks in a low, mean voice? No? A Bud? No? A grasshopper, heavy on the creme de menthe? Right!”
“John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Leaping insect”11 letters
02“Insect known for jumping”11 letters
03“Jumping field insect”11 letters
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