| 单词 | mole-cricket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmole-cricket mole-cricket n. [compare early modern Dutch molkrekel, post-classical Latin gryllotalpa gryllotalpa n.] an insect of the orthopteran family Gryllotalpidae, comprising large, burrowing nocturnal animals the female of which tends her eggs and young in an underground nest; esp. the European Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Gryllotalpidae > member of genus Gryllotalpa eve-churr1634 churr-worm1668 fen-cricket1678 mole-cricket1686 mole1714 gryllotalpa1791 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1246 Others imitate that action, and are here cal'd Ruminantia Spuria, as the Mole-cricket, Bee, Beetle..and several Birds. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 233 The Mole-Cricket (Gryllotalpa). 1770 G. White Jrnl. 16 May (1970) iii. 26 Mole-cricket churs. 1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 18 In the glowing leas The shy mole-cricket shrilled. 1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture xi. 210 Watching a mole cricket burrowing into the hard ground with its strong shield and powerful legs. 1989 New Scientist 25 Feb. 70/3 This book and the accompanying sound recordings confirm that he was describing the mole-cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa. < as lemmas |
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