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Noun: grasshopper  'grãs,hó-pu(r)
  1. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
    - hopper
     
  2. A cocktail made of crème de menthe and cream (sometimes with crème de cacao)

Derived forms: grasshoppers

Type of: cocktail, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect

Encyclopedia: Grasshopper, Arizona

Nearest

grass tree family
grass vetch
grass vetchling
grass widow
grass widower
grass wrack
grass-covered
grass-eating
grassfinch
grassfire
grasshopper
grasshopper mouse
grassland
grass-leaved golden aster
grassless
grasslike
grass-of-Parnassus
grassroots
grassy
grassy death camas
grassy-leafed