The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LOCUSTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1977.
Short-horned grasshoppers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOCUSTS | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short-horned grasshoppers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- acrididae
- family acrididae
- family locustidae
- locustidae
- locust
- tettigoniidae
- family stenopelmatidae
- family tettigoniidae
- stenopelmatidae
- acridid
- durham
- shorthorn
Crossword Answer definitions
LOCUSTS noun- Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
- A fruit or pod of the carob tree.
- Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree.
- A cicada.
- A Mainlander.
- To come in a swarm.
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