Definition of Acridium. Meaning of Acridium. Synonyms of Acridium

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Acridium. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Acridium and, of course, Acridium synonyms and on the right images related to the word Acridium.

Definition of Acridium

No result for Acridium. Showing similar results...

Acridium perigrinum
Locust Lo"cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. Locust beetle (Zo["o]l.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robini[ae]), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. Locust bird (Zo["o]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. Locust hunter (Zo["o]l.), an African bird; the beefeater. 2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.

Meaning of Acridium from wikipedia

- 1758) Synonyms List Acridium aegyptiums (Linnaeus, 1758) Acridium albidiferum (Walker, 1870) Acridium indecisum (Walker, 1870) Acridium lineola Flamiruizia...
- name Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Acridium carolinum (Linnaeus, 1758) Acridium (Oedipoda) carolinum (Linnaeus, 1758) Gryllus carolinus...
- Melanoplus Species: †M. spretus Binomial name †Melanoplus spretus (Walsh, 1866) Synonyms Caloptenus spretus Walsh, 1866 Acridium spretis Thomas, 1865...
- Binomial name Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Acridium migratorium Acridium plorans Pachytylus australis (Saussure, 1884) Pachytylus migratorius...
- erected in 1923 by Boris Uvarov and the species was named originally as Acridium septemfasciatum by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838. It is placed...
- polymorphism for colour and pattern in grouse locusts (Tetrigidae). In Acridium arenosum the colour-patterns are controlled by thirteen genes on the same...
-  succincta Binomial name Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763) Synonyms Acridium succincta Cyrtacanthacris succincta Gryllus succinctus Nomadacris succincta...
- (Walker, 1870) Pachyacris violascens (Walker, 1870) - type species (as Acridium violascens Walker F) Uvarov BP (1923) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 11: 140, 477...
-  cancellata Binomial name Schistocerca cancellata (Serville, 1838) Synonyms Acridium emortuale (Saussure, 1861) Acridium paranense (Burmeister, 1861)...
- Tetrix Latreille, 1802 Diversity At least 180 species. Synonyms Acridium Schrank, 1801 Acridium Schaeffer, 1766 Acrydium Geoffroy, 1762 Acrydium Fabricius...