mole cricket

noun

1. any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.

mole cricket

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mole cricket¹

First recorded in 1705–15