Mormon cricket

短语

【昆虫】摩门螽斯(Anabrus simplex)

词形变化

Mormon crickets 复数 Mormon crickets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

katydid

词源

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

来源：wiktionary