Mormon Cricket Definition
noun
A large flightless migratory katydid (Anabrus simplex) of western North America that is often destructive to crops and forage plants.
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Synonyms:
- Anabrus simplex
Other Word Forms of Mormon Cricket
Noun
Singular:
Mormon cricket
Plural:
mormon-cricketsOrigin of Mormon Cricket
Probably so called because the Mormon Church is prominent in the insect's range, and perhaps in direct reference to a swarm that threatened crops when Mormons first settled around the Great Salt Lake
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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