meadow grasshopper

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meadow grasshopper

any of a group of grasshoppers in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera) that are slender, small to medium-sized, and found in grassy meadows near lakes and ponds. When disturbed, they enter the water, cling to underwater plants, and can remain submerged for several minutes.

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