Mormon crickets

A form of Mormon cricket — A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Mormon cricket
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