Webster's English Dictionary

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grasshopper

grass.hop.per \'gras-.ha:p-*r\ n 1: any of numerous plant-eating 
   orthopterous insects (suborder Saltatoria)  having the hind legs adapted 
   for leaping and sometimes engaging in migratory flights in which whole 
   regions may be stripped of vegetation 2: a light unarmed scouting and 
   liaison airplane