balm-cricket

noun

Any cicada (Cicadoidea spp.).

OriginGerman Baum →
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Meanings

nounbalm-cricket (plural balm-crickets)

plural balm-crickets

  1. Any cicada (Cicadoidea spp.).

Origin

  1. GermanBaum“tree”
  2. Englishbalm-cricket

From German Baum (“tree”) and cricket.

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APA

balm-cricket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balm-cricket

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“balm-cricket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balm-cricket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balm-cricket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balm-cricket.

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