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

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

First recorded in 1705–15

All authors agree, moreover, in extolling the solicitude with which the mole cricket takes care of her little ones.

Mr Gould, indeed, fed a mole-cricket for several months upon ants.

And when Mr. Mole Cricket asked him how he liked the tune, Chirpy replied that it was very, very interesting.

Mr. Mole Cricket talked quite pleasantly, for all he looked so frightful.

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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