"footganger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: footgangers [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from Dutch or Afrikaans voetganger (“pedestrian”, literally “foot-goer”), or a partial calque of German Fußgänger (“pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + ganger (“goer, walker, stepper”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|af|-}} Afrikaans, {{partial calque|en|de|Fußgänger||pedestrian|nocap=1}} partial calque of German Fußgänger (“pedestrian”), {{compound|en|foot|ganger|t2=goer, walker, stepper}} foot + ganger (“goer, walker, stepper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} footganger (plural footgangers)
  1. (entomology) A juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phase. Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Crickets and grasshoppers Synonyms: foot-ganger
    Sense id: en-footganger-en-noun-akA0TETD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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Alternative forms

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