Mormon cricket

noun

Etymology

Of Mormon + cricket, attested from the late 19th century. Associated with the Mormon settlers due to the miracle of the gulls.

  1. derived from *krakōn
  2. derived from kricken — “to creak; crack
  3. derived from criket
  4. inherited from creket
  5. compounded as mormon cricket — “Mormon + cricket

Definitions

  1. A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in…

    A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops.

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