mole cricket en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
Spain is full of mole-crickets, shrill little underground insects whose goggle eyes you may sometimes see peering sleeplessly out of their burrows, and whose buzz is so energetic that their whole bodies vibrate down there like the radiators of very old motor-cars.
1964, Jan Morris, “Wild Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mole crickets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
European mole cricket · mole cricket hunter · African mole cricket · mole cricket wasp
Synonyms
Translations (66)
tl kamamarung (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ar حَفَّار (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · gl toupa grilo (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · uk земле́дух (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ru медве́дка (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · nl veenmol (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ar مَالُوش (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ar حَالُوش (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · hu lóbogár (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ja 螻蛄 (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ca cadell (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tk mürzebaşy (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ja ケラ (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ru медвёдка (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · uk вовчо́к (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · nrf scorpion (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · fi maamyyräsirkka (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · vi dế dũi (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · nog бузавбас (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · uk ведме́дка (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · hu lótetű (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tk buzaw (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · cs krtonožka (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ko 땅강아지 (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · he ערצב (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · sh rovac (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · es grillo topo (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · uk капустя́нка (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · pt ralo (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ast araclán (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tr kök kurdu (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · kk бұзаубас (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · nv łeeyiʼ nahakʼízii (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · de Maulwurfsgrille (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · su gaang (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · mk ровец (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ka ბოსტანა (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ky аюучук (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · sv mullvadssyrsa (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · vi dế nhũi (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ro coropișniță (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ast lloba (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ast topugrillu (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tr bostan böceği (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · gl grilo da terra (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ca ceboller (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · sh ровац (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tr danaburnu (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · vi dế trũi (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ba айыуғорт (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ta பிள்ளைப்பூச்சி (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · tao ahahawa (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · vi dế chũi (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ga caoch-chriogar (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · fr courtilière (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · za ndungjndingq (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · pt cachorrinho-da-terra (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · cmn 螻蛄 /蝼蛄 (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · gl relo (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ar حَرَّاثَة (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · pt grilo-toupeira (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · as কুমটি (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · pl turkuć (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · hu lótücsök (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · ka მახრა (insect of Gryllotalpidae) · pt paquinha (insect of Gryllotalpidae)