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Meaning of ant cricket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.

Examples

“The Californian ant-cricket, Myrmecophila formicarum Scudder occurs in practically every nest.”

“Grylloidea contains the familiar crickets (Gryllidae) as well as the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae). Each of these families have a worldwide distribution, but only the gryllids are of any significant diversity.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

ant egg ant farm ant mill ant mimicry ant mound ant nest beetle