Definition of Gryllidae

1. Noun. Crickets.

Exact synonyms: Family Gryllidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Orthoptera, Orthoptera
Member holonyms: Cricket, Acheta, Genus Acheta, Genus Oecanthus, Oecanthus

Medical Definition of Gryllidae

1. The family gryllidae consists of the common house cricket, acheta domesticus, which is used in neurological and physiological studies. Other genera include gryllotalpa (mole cricket); gryllus (field cricket); and oecanthus (tree cricket). (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gryllidae

grutten
gruyeres
gruzdevite
gry
gryce
gryces
gryde
gryded
grydes
gryding
gryesy
gryfon
gryfons
gryke
grykes
gryllidae (current term)
gryllus
gryochrome
grype
gryped
grypes
gryphaea
gryphite
gryphites
gryphon
gryphons
gryping
gryposis
gryposis unguium

Literary usage of Gryllidae

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

1. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"gryllidae. All six of the subfamilies of gryllidae occur in the United States, since all are cosmopolitan ; no similar case occurs among the Orthoptera, ..."

2. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"gryllidae. All six of the subfamilies of gryllidae occur in the United States, ... Subfamilies of gryllidae. Al. Tarsi compressed, the second joint minute, ..."

3. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"FAMILY I.—gryllidae (CRICKETS). Description of Family. The insects of this family possess a thick, free head, with long bristly antennae of many joints, ..."

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