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red–legged grasshopper
noun
Definition of RED-LEGGED GRASSHOPPER
: a widely distributed and sometimes highly destructive small North American grasshopper (Melanoplus femur-rubrum) with red hind legs —called also red-legged locust
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First Known Use of RED-LEGGED GRASSHOPPER
1867
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