different between ladybug vs grasshopper

English

Alternative forms

• lady-bug

Etymology

From lady +? bug, the “lady” here referring to Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Compare German Marienkäfer.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?.di.b??/

Noun

ladybug (plural ladybugs)

1. (Canada, US) Synonym of ladybird.

Translations

Further reading

• Coccinellidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English gressehopper, grashopper, grashoppyr, alteration of earlier grashope, grashoppe, greshoppe, from Old English græshoppa, gærshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass +? hopper.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????s?h?p?(?)/, /??æs?h?p?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???æs?h?p??/
• Hyphenation: grass?hop?per

Noun

grasshopper (plural grasshoppers)

1. A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
   1. In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
   2. In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.

   Synonym: (rare) grasshop

   Hyponym: locust

2. A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
3. (figuratively) A young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
   • 2009, B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:

     Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.

4. (music) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.

   Synonym: hopper

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Derived terms

• grasshopper engine
• grasshopper lobster
• grasshopper warbler
• knee high to a grasshopper

Related terms

• grasshop

Translations

Further reading

• grasshopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• grasshopper (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia