Definizione monolingua

grasshopper

grasshopper (plural grasshoppers)

1. A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.
2. An alcoholic beverage made with green crème de menthe.
3. (figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent
   • 2009, B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:

     Although we dont know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isnt from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.

Definizione dizionario grasshopper

	cavalletta
	an insect of the order '''Orthoptera'''

	cavallette
	A plant-eating insect with long back legs that can jump very high and makes a sharp high noise using its back legs or wings.

grillo

locusta

Altri significati:

locust (of family Catantopidae)

An alcoholic beverage made with green crème de menthe.

(figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent

locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.