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Meaning of mole cricket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Čeština krtonožka
Deutsch Maulwurfsgrille
Español grillo topo
Français courtilière
日本語 けら 螻蛄
한국어 땅강아지
Nederlands veenmol
Polski turkuć
Русский медведка
Svenska mullvadssyrsa
Türkçe danaburnu
Українська вовчо́к капустянка

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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