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JERUSALEM CRICKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
Synonyms:
Jerusalem cricket; sand cricket; Stenopelmatus fuscus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jerusalem cricket" is a kind of...):
long-horned grasshopper; tettigoniid (grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male)
Holonyms ("Jerusalem cricket" is a member of...):
genus Stenopelmatus; Stenopelmatus (sand crickets)
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