Definition of cricket
Nouns
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
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mole cricket
digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots
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Acheta domestica, European house cricket
lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
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Acheta assimilis, field cricket
common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
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tree cricket
pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation
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Oecanthus fultoni, snowy tree cricket
pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America
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orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect
any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
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field game
an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
Verbs
play cricket
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play
participate in games or sport
Vocabulary Lists for cricket
E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" (comprehensive) »(347 words)
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