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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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: MORMON CRICKET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MORMON CRICKET (noun)


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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