mormon cricket

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Definition of mormon cricket in English English dictionary

A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops

A large, wingless, long-horned grasshopper (Anabrus simplex) of the western United States that is often destructive to crops

large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States

Related Terms

Mormon crickets

plural form of Mormon cricket

Hyphenation

Mor·mon crick·et

Turkish pronunciation

môrmın krîkıt

Pronunciation

/ˈmôrmən ˈkrəkət/ /ˈmɔːrmən ˈkrɪkət/