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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
Grasshopper in Spanish is: Saltamontes
Chapulines, plural for chapulín are small grasshoppers of the genus Sphenarium, that are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico. The term is specific to Mexico and derives from the Nahuatl word chapolin
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Also the origin of the name Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City, the famous "Halls of Montezuma" of the Marine Corps anthem. It's Nahuatl for "Grasshopper Hill."