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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a very large pronotum extended like a shield over the next two thoracic segments: specifically noting a group of wingless grasshoppers (Locustidæ) known in the United States as western crickets, as of the genera Thyreonotus and Anabrus.
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“Following an unseasonably warm winter, some in Elko County fear a big crop this year of Mormon crickets, known more precisely as shield-backed katydids, or Anabrus simplex.”
The Wall Street Journal: Against Insect Plague, Nevadans Wield Ultimate Weapon: Hard Rock
“I was shield-backed now by my own sense that this was one of those times when Fortune not only smiled but put out her hand to aid, and that I needed only to keep my wits about me to have matters go as I willed.”
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Adjectival Arcana
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