V-2
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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V-2 n. a rocket-powered flying bomb, which was the first ballistic missile, used by the Germans in
World War II.
see
V-1.
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GRASSHOPPERS THRIVE IN HOT, DRY WEATHER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...them, Knutson said. Grasshoppers lay their eggs along...Eggs of different grasshopper species hatch out...different times, so young grasshoppers can be seen throughout...enough grass for the grasshoppers to eat to justify...County is relatively grasshopper free, said Doug McKinney...
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Grasshoppers May Be Worse in 2003.
News Wire article from: Resource News International; 4/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...delayed spring, grasshoppers will be hatching earlier this year. Grasshopper populations lower...detrimental to grasshoppers. Hartley cited...an increase in grasshopper parasites such...time" would hurt grasshoppers, according to...Gavloski said grasshopper eggs are coated...
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Grasshoppers worst in West since World War II
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 7/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...But last year, grasshoppers and Mormon crickets...cousin of the grasshopper - caused $25...maturation of some grasshopper species and allowed...rodents that prey on grasshoppers, and reduced...Many of the grasshoppers are still young...month. Also, grasshopper infestations can...
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GRASSHOPPERS ARE LATEST PLAGUE VISITED UPON DROUGHT-WEARY WESTERN FARMERS: INFESTATION MAY BE WORST SINCE WORLD WAR II.
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 7/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...last year, grasshoppers and Mormon...cousin of the grasshopper -- caused...Missouri, western grasshoppers will not be heading here. The grasshopper species that...and Midwest grasshoppers do. A grasshopper can devour...
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Grasshopper Infestation Costly in Alberta, Saskatchewan.
News Wire article from: Resource News International; 7/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...suffered through the grasshopper outbreak in 2002...larger number of grasshoppers were being found...similar numbers of grasshoppers next year, barring...third bad year of grasshoppers in the province. Grasshopper populations are...
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Grasshopper races thrill Herminie's H.W. Good students
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 10/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Dekota added. Grasshoppers, Candelore found...choice was the grasshopper; it's around...that." Then the grasshopper got loose, and...playground with grasshoppers they have caught...their child's grasshopper after the students...students release the grasshoppers into the heavy...
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Grasshoppers invade crops, ranches; Costly: Dry conditions help insects mature
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...But last year, grasshoppers and Mormon crickets...wingless cousin of the grasshopper - caused $25 million...Colo., about 200 grasshoppers per square yard...about 1 million grasshoppers per acre. A grasshopper can devour more...
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Grasshoppers wing into view in late summer
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...hundreds, of grasshoppers all hopping and...short-horned grasshopper species, an insect...The chirp of a grasshopper or cricket and...together. Male grasshoppers have an organ...well-versed in grasshopper biology, also...and differential grasshoppers, the inner wings...
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Grasshoppers abound under dry conditions.
Newspaper article from: Daily Telegram (Superior, WI); 8/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...dwellers -- the redlegged grasshopper and the Carolina grasshopper. Redlegged grasshoppers are smaller insects with clear...agency calls the redlegged grasshopper "a crop pest." Carolina grasshoppers are bigger. The brown insects...
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Grasshoppers Still a Threat in MB, SK Despite Late Arrival.
News Wire article from: Resource News International; 7/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...adulthood. "Don't write the grasshoppers off just yet," he said. "The...people can tell if they have a grasshopper infestation. In a week or two...southwest were loaded with juvenile grasshoppers. He said some regions were as...
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Grasshoppers
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...moisture. Captive grasshoppers will drink...advantageous that some grasshopper species have...ability to fly. Grasshoppers can repeatedly...jumping, the grasshopper flexes its...it glide. Grasshoppers move mainly...
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grasshopper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
grasshopper name applied to almost...the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged...for initiating flight. Grasshoppers can jump up to 20 times...organs. The long-horned grasshoppers (family Tettigoniidae...
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grasshoppers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
grasshoppers See ACRIDIDAE ; CAELIFERA ; ENSIFERA ; EUMASTACIDAE ; GRYLLACRIDIDAE ; LOCUST ; ORTHOPTERA ; PNEUMORIDAE ; PROSCOPIIDAE ; PYRGOMORPHIDAE ; TETTIGONIIDAE ; TETRIGIDAE .
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listroceline grasshoppers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
listroceline grasshoppers See TETTIGONIIDAE .
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grasshopper warblers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
grasshopper warblers ( Locustella ) See SYLVIIDAE .
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