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ACRIDIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrididae mean?

• ACRIDIDAE (noun)
The noun ACRIDIDAE has 1 sense:

1. short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts

Familiarity information: ACRIDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACRIDIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Acrididae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Acrididae"):

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 ("Acrididae" is a member of...):

order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)

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