lubber grasshopper

American  

noun

1. plains grasshopper.

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Etymology

Origin of lubber grasshopper

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The lubber grasshopper is making its annual appearance across South Florida, with perhaps their largest - at least most visible - concentration in the sprawling national park.

From Washington Times

If chemical warfare doesn’t dissuade more audacious predators, the lubber grasshopper has a more mundane defense mechanism: it will lift up its head, pump up the thorax, spread its small hindwings to show a bright pink lining and assume a fighting position as if it were saying ,’You talkin’ to me?’

From Washington Times