long-headed grasshopper

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• long-horned grasshopper — any of numerous insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long, threadlike antennae and well developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male. Also, longhorn grasshopper. Also called tettigoniid. Cf. katydid. [1890 95] * * * ▪ insect… …   Universalium

• cone-headed grasshopper —       any insect of the subfamily Copiphorinae within the long horned grasshopper family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera). These green or brown coloured grasshoppers have a cone shaped head, long antennae, and a slender body about 4 cm (1.6… …   Universalium

• GRASSHOPPER — Among the insects mentioned in the Bible as permitted for food are those that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth (see animals of the bible ). These are the arbeh ( locust ) after its… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• grasshopper — /gras hop euhr, grahs /, n. 1. any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, esp. of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to… …   Universalium

• Long-crested Eagle — Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• List of endangered animal species — This is a list of endangered animal species according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List. The list includes endangered species of the kingdom Animalia. NOTOC A* Acheilognathus elongatus * Acipenser Endangered * Acrocephalus… …   Wikipedia

• katydid — /kay tee did/, n. any of several large, usually green, American long horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song. [1745 55, Amer.; imit.] * * * Any of numerous species in several subfamilies of the long horned… …   Universalium

• gull — gull1 gull like, adj. /gul/, n. any of numerous long winged, web toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings. [1400 50; late ME gulle, perh. < Welsh gwylan, Cornish guilan (cf. F goéland …   Universalium

• Sibley-Monroe checklist 16 — The Sibley Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds. It drew on extensive DNA DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds. Passeriformes (continued) =Zosteropidae= * Speirops melanocephalus… …   Wikipedia

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• List of African birds — This list of African birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Africa. TOCrightNotesThere are over 45 billion different species of birds in Africa.The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clitorus Birds of the World …   Wikipedia