acridid
[
ak
-ri-did]
/ˈæk rɪ dɪd/
noun
1.
locust
(def 1).
Origin
<
Neo-Latin
Acrididae.
equivalent to
Acrid
(
a
) a genus of grasshoppers (<
Greek
akríd-
, stem of
akrís
grasshopper +
Latin
-a
-a
2
) +
-idae
-id
2
Examples from the web for
acridid
Responses of
acridid
populations to range land practices and range sites.