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Mormon cricket

–noun
a flightless, long-horned grasshopper, Anabrus simplex, of the western U.S., that is destructive to range grasses and cultivated crops.

Origin:
1895–1900; so named because found where the Mormons settled
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Mormon cricket  
n.  A large, wingless, long-horned grasshopper (Anabrus simplex) of the western United States that is often destructive to crops.
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