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mole cricket

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.

Equivalents

Españolgrillo topo
Françaiscourtilière
DeutschMaulwurfsgrille
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Examples

“Spain is full of mole-crickets, shrill little underground insects whose goggle eyes you may sometimes see⟳ peering sleeplessly out of their burrows, and whose buzz is so energetic that their whole bodies vibrate down there like⟳ the radiators of very old motor-cars.”

CEFR level

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

mole cricket wasp mole fraction mole hill mole plough mole rat Mole River

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