Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging or relating to the Acrididæ.
  • noun One of the acridia.

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Examples

  • How is it then that the acridian trusts to a hold so easily broken?

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • Motionless in its weird position, the Mantis surveys the acridian, its gaze fixed upon it, its head turning gently as on a pivot as the other changes place.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

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