Walang

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Definition

A regional or alternative name for a grasshopper, an insect belonging to the suborder Caelifera.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Javanese 'walang', meaning grasshopper. This word has long been used in various archipelago dialects to refer to insects of the suborder Caelifera, and was subsequently integrated into the Indonesian vocabulary as an alternative or technical term.

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