cropduster

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From crop +‎ duster.

Noun

cropduster (plural cropdusters)

  1. An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.
    • 2007 May 27, John Anderson, “Blood and Crashes? Sounds Like Lynch”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      If Cary Grant ran by, chased by a malevolent cropduster, you might not be surprised.
  2. A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.
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