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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leading genus of grasshoppers, giving name to the family Acrididæ.
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_] [9] The variety of locust seen in India is _acridium peregrinum_, which is said to range throughout the arid region from Algeria to N.W. India.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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