mole cricket

noun

any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.

Origin of mole cricket

First recorded in 1705–15

Words nearby mole cricket

moldwarp, moldy, moldy fig, mole, mole crab, mole cricket, mole drain, mole fraction, mole mapping, mole plow, mole rat

Example sentences from the Web for mole cricket

The mole-cricket, so called from the similarity of its habits to those of the mole, is an ugly, but very curious-looking insect.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 |Various
These limbs are formed almost exactly like the fore feet of the mole, and for this reason the insect is known as the mole-cricket.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore Wood
The Mole-cricket, instead of replying politely, made a sudden rush at his cousin, with his large jaws wide open.

The Cricket's Friends |Virginia W. Johnson
But the most remarkable burrower amongst perfect insects is that singular animal the mole-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4) |William Kirby

The mole-cricket is, like the grasshopper, a child of summer.

Everyday Objects |W. H. Davenport Adams

British Dictionary definitions for mole cricket

mole cricket

noun

any subterranean orthopterous insect of the family Gryllotalpidae, of Europe and North America, similar and related to crickets but having the first pair of legs specialized for digging

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mole cricket

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