grasshopper

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a grasshopper

grasshopper sing (pl.: grasshoppers)

  1. (zoologia) cavalletta, locusta
grass | ho | pper
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ɡɹæsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/

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  • (US) IPA: /ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/

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composto di grass, "erba", e hopper, "saltatore", a sua volta dal verbo to hop; presente già in medio inglese come gressehopper, grashopper, grashoppyr, e ancora prima nell'antico anglosassone græshoppa, gærshoppa