bird grasshopper

English

Schistocerca flavofasciata, a species of bird grasshopper.

Etymology

From bird +‎ grasshopper. They are called as such due to the size of these species, which, when flying, could be mistaken for a bird.

Noun

bird grasshopper (plural bird grasshoppers)

1. Any large grasshopper or locust in the genus Schistocerca.

Hyponyms

• American grasshopper, American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)
• birdwing grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata)
• Carolina locust (Schistocerca damnifica)
• Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons)
• desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
• gray bird grasshopper, grey bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
• green bird grasshopper, green valley grasshopper (Schistocerca shoshone)
• large painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera)
• leather-colored bird grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea)
• mischievous bird grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica)
• obscure bird grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
• Peruvian locust (Schistocerca piceifrons peruviana)
• rosemary grasshopper (Schistocerca ceratiola)
• rusty bird grasshopper (Schistocerca rubiginosa)
• spotted bird grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata)
• vagrant grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
• white-lined bird grasshopper (Schistocerca albolineata)

 

References

• “bird grasshopper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• bird grasshopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Schistocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons