redlegged grasshopper

American

[red-leg-id, -legd] / ˈrɛdˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd /

noun

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.

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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