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The grasshopper or cricket are various leaping insects of the genus Gryllus or Acheta, of the order Orthoptera nearly akin to the locusts. They are characterized by long and slender legs, the thighs of the hind legs are large and adapted for leaping; by large and delicate wings and by the wing covers extending far beyond the extremity of the abdomen. They are generally of a greenish colour.
There are several species. The house-grasshopper is the Acheta (Gryllus) domestica; the field-grasshopper is the Acheta (Gryllus) campestris; the mole-grasshopper is the Gryllotalpa vulgaris. The house-grasshopper of Europe is about 25 mm long, with antennae of about 38 mm long, of a pale yellowish colour mixed with brown. By the friction of the peculiarly-formed wing-covers the males produce that stridulous sound by which these insects are so well known, and which has become associated with ideas of cheerful domestic comfort.
They live in holes and crevices near fire places or in other warm situations, whence they come out at night to feed on crumbs and other fragments of food. The field-grasshopper makes a similar noise. The house-grasshopper was introduced into the United States, and there are several species of field-grasshopper there also.
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The Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) is a bird with a large, conical bill, large, flat head, short tail, buff face and breast white belly and undertail coverts. It is found in open fields and forages on the ground.
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In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a son or brother of Laomedon the king of Troy by a river nymph. He was made immortal by Zeus at the request of the goddess Eos who loved him and he had by her the hero Memnon.. However, she neglected to ask that Tithonus be given the gift of eternal youth, so that he withered away in an ever increasing decrepitude. Eventually, he begged Eos to revoke her gift, and the goddess changed him into a grasshopper. The name Tithonus thus became proverbial for a decrepit old man.
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The Aeronca L-3 (Grasshopper) was an American military two-seat, unarmed, light liaison and observation aircraft of the Second World War. The Aeronca L-3 was a high-wing, rigidly braced monoplane powered by a Continental O-170 flat-four piston engine providing a top speed of 139 kmh and a range of 322 km. The US Army used a number of Aeronca L-3 aircraft under the Model 65 prefix as pre-glider training aircraft during the Second World War.
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The Piper Cub, was an American two-seater trainer aircraft of the 1940's. The Piper Grasshopper was a high-wing braced monoplane powered by a Continental O-170-3 4-cyclinder horizontally opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 139 kmh and a range of 416 km.
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The Piper Grasshopper (USAAF designation L-4, US Navy designation NE-1) was an American two-seater light observation and liaison aircraft of the Second World War developed from the civilian Piper Cub trainer aircraft. The Piper Grasshopper was a high-wing braced monoplane powered by a Continental O-170-3 4-cyclinder horizontally opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 139 kmh and a range of 416 km.
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The Taylorcraft Grasshopper (L-2) was an American observation and light liaison aircraft of the Second World War. It was an adaptation of the Taylorcraft Model D Tandem Trainer.
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HMS Grasshopper was a British River Gunboat of 585 tons displacement launched in 1939 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Grasshopper was powered by Parsons geared turbines providing a top speed of 17 knots. She carried a complement of 74 and was armed with two 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; one 3.7 inch howitzer and eight machine-guns.
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Grasshopper is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, USA.
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Grasshopper is London Cockney rhyming slang for copper (policeman).
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