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    ACRIDIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Short-horned grasshoppers; true locustsplay

    Synonyms:

    Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Acrididae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Acrididae"):

    acridid; short-horned grasshopper (grasshopper with short antennae)

    genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)

    genus Melanoplus; Melanoplus (New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers)

    Holonyms ("Acrididae" is a member of...):

    order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)

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