Definition of Jerusalem cricket

1. Noun. Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States.


Definition of Jerusalem cricket

1. Noun. A large, flightless insect of the genus ''Stenopelmatus'', native to the western United States and parts of Mexico — not a true cricket. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerusalem Cricket

Jersey elm
Jersey fern
Jersey girl
Jersey girls
Jersey knapweed
Jersey lightning
Jersey pine
Jerseyman
Jerseymen
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Warriors
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke sunflower
Jerusalem artichokes
Jerusalem cherry
Jerusalem cricket (current term)
Jerusalem crickets
Jerusalem cross
Jerusalem oak
Jerusalem sage
Jerusalem syndrome
Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalemite
Jerusalemites
Jesolo
Jespersen
Jess
Jessamine
Jessamyn

Literary usage of Jerusalem cricket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Mr. Grinnell says that the California shrike is such a persistent destroyer of the Jerusalem cricket and other injurious insects that it. ..."

2. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1899)
"He dotes upon the Jerusalem cricket, that wicked little fellow that digs holes in the sides of our potatoes, and is as fond of mice as he is of small snakes ..."

3. Fore and Aft by Webfoot, William Dane Phelps (1871)
"It seemed as if our hopes were again to be dashed, and we had got to return. to Cochrane, cockroaches, and Jerusalem cricket?. . Mr. Sampson told us to keep ..."

4. Studies in Animal Behavior by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1916)
"Several negatively phototactic beetles placed in the apparatus showed a general tendency to turn toward the blackened eye. A Jerusalem cricket ..."

5. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"This Shrike is very fond of that pest, the Jerusalem cricket, which eats potatoes in the ground and is a most uncanny-looking creature. ..."

6. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1907)
"Reel» ground before him hoping, no doubt, that a tempting Jerusalem cricket (commonly called "potato-bug") would come forth for an afternoon stroll. ..."

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