changan.

Brit.

/ˈtʃaŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃæŋɡə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish changa.

Etymology: < Puerto Rican Spanish changa (1883 or earlier), of unknown origin.

Any of several South American mole crickets of the genus Scapteriscus, esp. S. didactylus, which have been introduced accidentally to other regions, esp. Puerto Rico, Australia, and the southern United States, where they have become agricultural pests.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Gryllotalpidae > member of genus Gryllotalpa > scapteriscus didactylus (changa)

changa1899

1899 H. K. Carroll Rep. Island Porto Rico (U.S. Treasury Dept.) No. 2118. 45 The changa..commits great ravages among the young plants.

1928 F. S. Earle Sugar Cane vi. 174 The Mole Cricket, or Changa..is a soil insect.

2001 J. L. Capinera Handbk. Veg. Pests 529/1 Changa..invaded Puerto Rico from South America before 1800, and has caused considerable damage to crops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	changa
释义	changan. Brit. /ˈtʃaŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈtʃæŋɡə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish changa. Etymology: < Puerto Rican Spanish changa (1883 or earlier), of unknown origin. Any of several South American mole crickets of the genus Scapteriscus, esp. S. didactylus, which have been introduced accidentally to other regions, esp. Puerto Rico, Australia, and the southern United States, where they have become agricultural pests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Gryllotalpidae > member of genus Gryllotalpa > scapteriscus didactylus (changa) changa1899 1899 H. K. Carroll Rep. Island Porto Rico (U.S. Treasury Dept.) No. 2118. 45 The changa..commits great ravages among the young plants. 1928 F. S. Earle Sugar Cane vi. 174 The Mole Cricket, or Changa..is a soil insect. 2001 J. L. Capinera Handbk. Veg. Pests 529/1 Changa..invaded Puerto Rico from South America before 1800, and has caused considerable damage to crops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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