cropduster

noun — 2 senses

cropduster

noun

Etymology From crop + duster.

1

An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.

  • If Cary Grant ran by, chased by a malevolent cropduster, you might not be surprised.2007 May 27, John Anderson, “Blood and Crashes? Sounds Like Lynch”, in New York Times:
2

A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.

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