English Explanatory Dictionary

koringkriek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species in subfamily Hetrodinae with body forms like those of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, particularly
  2. An armoured bush cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis);
  3. A similar insect of species Hetrodes pupus.

Word forms

koringkriek koringkrieks

Etymology

From Afrikaans koring (“corn, wheat”) + kriek (“cricket”).

Synonyms

armoured ground cricket armoured katydid corn cricket
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