Meanings
plural Jerusalem crickets
- A large, flightless insect of the genus Stenopelmatus, native to the western United States and parts of Mexico — not a true cricket.
Synonyms: potato bug
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, flightless insect of the genus Stenopelmatus, native to the western United States and parts of Mexico — not a true cricket.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Jerusalem cricket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20cricket
“Jerusalem cricket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20cricket. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jerusalem cricket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20cricket.
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