Jerusalem cricket

/dʒəˌrus(ə)ləm ˌkrɪkɪt/
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Other forms: Jerusalem crickets

Definitions of Jerusalem cricket
  1. noun
    large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
    synonyms: Stenopelmatus fuscus, sand cricket
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    type of:
    long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
    grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
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