dune cricket en · NOUN
Etymology
From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.
Meanings
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Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.
The Thar desert in Rajasthan is home to two of the seven known dune cricket species.
2023 September 24, Geetha Iyer, “Dune Crickets: The Underdogs of the Thar Desert”, in roundglass sustain, roundglass, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dune crickets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |