redlegged grasshopper

[ red-leg-id, -legd ]
/ ˈrɛdˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd /

noun

a migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus femur-rubrum, of the southwestern and midwestern U.S., having reddish skin on the underside of the hind legs: an agricultural pest.

Origin of redlegged grasshopper

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby redlegged grasshopper