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mole cricket
noun
- any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of mole cricket1
First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences
All authors agree, moreover, in extolling the solicitude with which the mole cricket takes care of her little ones.
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Mr Gould, indeed, fed a mole-cricket for several months upon ants.
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And when Mr. Mole Cricket asked him how he liked the tune, Chirpy replied that it was very, very interesting.
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Mr. Mole Cricket talked quite pleasantly, for all he looked so frightful.
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Chirpy Cricket saw that he and Mr. Mole Cricket were bound to have trouble 63 if they saw too much of each other.
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