[gras-hop-er, grahs-] 
| 1. | any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, esp. of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def. 1), long-horned grasshopper. |
| 2. | a small, light airplane used on low-flying missions, as for reconnaissance. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) Military. a U.S. antipersonnel mine that jumps off the ground when activated by proximate body heat and sprays shrapnel over a lethal radius of 350 ft. (107 m). |
| 4. | a cocktail of light cream, green crème de menthe, and white crème de menthe or crème de cacao. |
| grass·hop·per (grās'hŏp'ər) n.
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grasshead
and grasser; grasshopper
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Grasshopper
belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae. This insect is not unknown in Palestine. In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer. 46:23, where the Authorized Version has "grasshopper," the Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word ('arbeh) by "locust." This is the case also in Amos 7:1; Nah. 3:17, where the Hebrew word _gob_ is used; and in Lev. 11:22; Num. 13:33; Eccl. 12:5; Isa. 40:22, where _hagab_ is used. In all these instances the proper rendering is probably "locust" (q.v.).