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MORMON CRICKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mormon cricket mean?
• MORMON CRICKET (noun)
The noun MORMON CRICKET has 1 sense:
1. large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States
Familiarity information: MORMON CRICKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anabrus simplex; mormon cricket
Hypernyms ("mormon cricket" is a kind of...):
katydid (large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings)
Holonyms ("mormon cricket" is a member of...):
Anabrus; genus Anabrus (a genus of Tettigoniidae)
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