| 单词 | rocky mountain locust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRocky Mountain locust Rocky Mountain locust n. a migratory North American grasshopper, Melanoplus spretus, which was formerly a serious agricultural pest but became extinct in the early 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Acrididae > melanoplus spretus (rock mountain locust) Rocky Mountain grasshopper1869 Rocky Mountain locust1875 1875 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 4 26 (title) The Rocky Mountain locust. 1930 S. Henry Conquering Plains 319 Coming home late one afternoon for supper I stepped back surprised to see what became known as Rocky Mountain locusts covering the side of the house. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies iv. 96 Few realize the staggering dimensions of Rocky Mountain locust swarms that once swept western North America. < as lemmas |
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