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Entry	adrisa
Part of speech	noun
Malagasy definition	Anarana ilazana ny vavy amin' ny karazam-balala iray, izay atao hoe aketa ny lahy; ny adrisa dia vaventiventy mahafinaritra ary misoratra vony sy mainty ny tenany [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	a species of locust, the female of the aketa. [Richardson 1885]
French definition	Sauterelle, la femelle de l'Aketa [Abinal 1888]
French definition	espèce de sauterelle femelle, dont le mâle est l' aketa [3.1]
Vocabulary	Zoology: invertebrates
Analogues	valala
Examples	1 ataonao ho adrisa saraky ny namany [Fox: Hainteny, number 186] 2 Ho azony tokoa mantsy ilay akanjo tsara soratra nifantohan' ny fitiavany, sy ilay elo mangiran-taho novelariny, moa va tsy elatr' adrisa, - sy ilay habatanana maorimaorina antonina tsara ny sandriny. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 107]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word adrisa

2014/02/03