grasshopper
Cricket's jumping cousin
A grasshopper is a jumping insect with long hind legs, known for leaping through grass and fields.
Grasshoppers chirp by rubbing their legs against their wings.
In large numbers they become locusts, devouring crops.
Figuratively, a grasshopper is someone who lives for the moment without planning ahead, from Aesop's fable of the improvident grasshopper and the industrious ant.
Swarming crop-eating insect
- cricketChirping legged insect
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
entomology · thorax · abdomen · mandible · nymph · molting · orthoptera · invertebrate
Propel oneself airborne
propel · launch · catapult · hindleg · trajectory · arc · pounce · distance
Friction-produced insect sound
- songMusical piece with words
- callContact by phone
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
trill · chirrup · acoustic · vibration · frequency · sound · resonate · chorus
Color of vegetation
- brownDark earth tone
- tanYellowish-brown hue
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
olive · lime · leaf-green · striped · cryptic · drab · vibrant · hue
Distilled agave spirit
Pest takeover situation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- swarmMass of moving insects
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- farmerOne who cultivates land
pesticide · insecticide · destruction · ravager · harvest · outbreak · nuisance · voracious
locust
Swarming crop-eating insect
- cricketChirping legged insect
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
arthropod · entomology · thorax · abdomen · mandible · nymph · molting · orthoptera · invertebrate · tympanum
jump
Propel oneself airborne
vault · propel · launch · catapult · hindleg · trajectory · arc · pounce · distance · powerful
stridulation
Friction-produced insect sound
mating · trill · chirrup · acoustic · vibration · frequency · sound · resonate · chorus · hum
green
Color of vegetation
- brownDark earth tone
- tanYellowish-brown hue
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
mottled · olive · lime · leaf-green · striped · cryptic · drab · vibrant · hue · pigment
tequila
Distilled agave spirit
bartender · creamy · liqueur · shooter · green · blended · recipe
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- swarmMass of moving insects
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
farmer · pesticide · insecticide · destruction · ravager · harvest · outbreak · nuisance · voracious · defoliation
meadow
Grassy field for grazing
sunshine · wildflowers · pasture · countryside · picnic · august · warm · outdoors · rural · harvest
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- bugsbeetle, cricket, bug, firefly, cockroach
- garden bugsant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly
- green animalsfrog, tree frog, iguana, chameleon, green snake
- knee-high to a grasshopperExtremely young and small
- ant and grasshopperAesop's industrious and lazy insects
- grasshopper pieFrozen mint cream dessert