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long-horned grasshopper

American  
Or longhorn grasshopper

noun

  1. any of numerous insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long, threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male.

Etymology

Origin of long-horned grasshopper

First recorded in 1890–95

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