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(entomology, taxonomy, rare) Any large grasshopper of the genus Schistocerca..
All the other schistocercas, except for the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria, (responsible for biblical and modern day plagues in Africa) are found in the New World.
Schistocercas shouldn't be such fussy eaters. We give them dried oats and green cabbage but they should also be able to survive on grass, carrots, anything really.
Use schistocerca when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schistocerca means (entomology, taxonomy, rare) Any large grasshopper of the genus Schistocerca..
Common synonyms include bird grasshopper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
All the other schistocercas, except for the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria, (responsible for biblical and modern day plagues in Africa) are found in the New World.
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