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plague grasshopper

noun
variants: or plague locust

Definition of plague grasshopper

: a grasshopper that may rapidly build up vast destructive swarms from a small localized population especially : either of two Australian grasshoppers (Chortoicetes terminifera or Austroicetes cruciata)

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