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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

العربية حَالُوش حَرَّاثَة حراقة حفار مَالُوش
Bosanski ralo
Català cadell ceboller
Čeština krtonožka
Deutsch Maulwurfsgrille
Español grillo topo
Suomi maamyyräsirkka
Français courtilière
Galego ralo relo
Hrvatski ralo
日本語 けら 螻蛄
Қазақша бұзаубас
한국어 땅강아지
Nederlands veenmol
Polski turkuć
Português cachorrinho-da-terra grilo-toupeira paquinha ralo
Română coropișniță
Русский медведка
Српски ralo
Svenska mullvadssyrsa
தமிழ் பிள்ளைப்பூச்சி
Türkçe danaburnu
Українська вовчо́к капустянка
Tiếng Việt dế chũi dế dũi dế nhũi dế trũi

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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