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romaleid

romaleid noun: any member of the Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers).

Noun

romaleid (plural romaleids)

  1. Any member of the Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers).
    • Like many New World romaleids, these insects, which are called bush locusts (Bishop 1940; Kevan 1949), are often social in the nymphal or hopper stage and become more solitary as adults.2006, James T. Costa, The Other Insect Societies, page 88
    • Females of the romaleid grasshopper Romalea guttata generate a defensive secretion in glands surrounding the metathoracic tracheal trunks and the secretion is stored in the tracheal lumina.2009, Jorg D. Hardege, Chemical Ecology, page 142

Forms of romaleid

pluralromaleids

Questions about romaleid

What does romaleid mean?
Romaleid means any member of the Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers).
What part of speech is romaleid?
Romaleid is a noun.
What is the plural of romaleid?
The plural of romaleid is romaleids.

Words near romaleid in the dictionary

  1. romaja
  2. romaji
  3. Romajikai
  4. romajis
  5. romal
  6. romaleid
  7. romaleids
  8. Romalita
  9. romall
  10. romalls
  11. romals

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