tree cricket

tree crick·et

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Definitions of tree cricket words

noun tree cricket any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket) 1
noun tree cricket a small metal toy with a flat metal spring that snaps back and forth with a clicking, cricketlike noise when pressed. 1

before 1855

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An Americanism dating back to 1855-60

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