field cricket

/fild ˌkrɪkɪt/
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Other forms: field crickets

Definitions of field cricket
  1. noun
    common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
    synonyms: Acheta assimilis
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    type of:
    cricket
    leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
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