footganger
footganger · footgangers
A juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phaseA juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phase.
Meaning
1 sensesA juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phase.
Origin
Perhaps from Dutch or Afrikaans voetganger (“pedestrian”, literally “foot-goer”), or a parPerhaps from Dutch or Afrikaans voetganger (“pedestrian”, literally “foot-goer”), or a partial calque of German Fußgänger (“pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + ganger (“goer, walker, stepper”).
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