grasshopper
suomi-englanti sanakirjagrasshopper englannista suomeksi
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grasshopper englanniksi
(senseid)A mostly herbivorous insect of the order (taxfmt), noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
(RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara)
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In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder (taxfmt), particularly those in the family (taxfmt).
In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family (taxfmt), of the suborder Ensifera.
A cocktail made with de menthe and optionally with de cacao.
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A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen 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 don't know exactly ''why'' Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't 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.
In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
(quote-book)patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano
To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.