Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

american bird grasshopper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: amer-i-can bird -grasshop-per
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Schistocerca americana, a species of large North American grasshopper or locust, usually colored a dull yellow or tan with various markings of white, brown and black.

Etymology

Calque of taxonomic name Schistocerca americana (literally “American schistocerca; American bird grasshopper”). By surface analysis, American (“of the United States”) + bird grasshopper (“Schistocerca sp.”).

Inflected Forms

American bird grasshoppers (plural)

Phrases

Schistocerca americana

Frequently Paired Words

Schistocerca americana

Synonyms

American grasshopper American locust

Questions

What does american bird grasshopper mean?: Schistocerca americana, a species of large North American grasshopper or locust, usually colored a dull yellow or tan with various markings of white, brown and black.
Where does american bird grasshopper come from?: Calque of taxonomic name Schistocerca americana (literally “American schistocerca; American bird grasshopper”). By surface analysis, American (“of the United States”) + bird grasshopper (“Schistocerca sp.”).

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