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redlegged grasshopper

[ red-leg-id, -legd ]

noun

  1. a migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus femur-rubrum, of the southwestern and midwestern U.S., having reddish skin on the underside of the hind legs: an agricultural pest.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of redlegged grasshopper1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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Redlegred-legged partridge