dune cricket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.

Word forms

dune cricket dune crickets

Etymology

From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.

Synonyms

splay-footed cricket schizodactylid

Related words

Schizodactylidae
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