Meanings
plural mole crickets
- Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
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.
1964, Jan Morris, “Wild Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBNSynonyms: fen cricket
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
Translations
Arabic مَالُوش, حَالُوش
- مَالُوش (mālūš)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- حَالُوش (ḥālūš)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- حَفَّار (ḥaffār)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- حَرَّاثَة (ḥarrāṯa)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Catalan cadell, ceboller
- cadellinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- cebollerinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Chinese Mandarin 螻蛄 /蝼蛄
- 螻蛄 /蝼蛄 (lóugū)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Czech krtonožka
- krtonožkainsect of Gryllotalpidae
Dutch veenmol
- veenmolinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Finnish maamyyräsirkka
- maamyyräsirkkainsect of Gryllotalpidae
French courtilière
- courtilièreinsect of Gryllotalpidae
German Maulwurfsgrille
- Maulwurfsgrilleinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Hebrew ערצב
- ערצב (artsáv)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Hungarian lótücsök, lótetű
- lótücsökinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- lótetűinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- lóbogárinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Irish caoch-chriogar
- caoch-chriogarinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Japanese 螻蛄, ケラ
- 螻蛄 (kera)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- ケラ (kera)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Korean 땅강아지
- 땅강아지 (ttanggang'aji)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Polish turkuć
- turkućinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Portuguese grilo-toupeira, paquinha
- grilo-toupeirainsect of Gryllotalpidae
- paquinhainsect of Gryllotalpidae
- raloinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- cachorrinho-da-terrainsect of Gryllotalpidae
Romanian coropișniță
- coropișnițăinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Russian медве́дка, медвёдка
- медве́дка (medvédka)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- медвёдка (medvjódka)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Spanish grillo topo
- grillo topoinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Swedish mullvadssyrsa
- mullvadssyrsainsect of Gryllotalpidae
Tagalog kamamarung
- kamamarunginsect of Gryllotalpidae
Tamil பிள்ளைப்பூச்சி
- பிள்ளைப்பூச்சி (piḷḷaippūcci)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Turkish danaburnu, kök kurdu
- danaburnuinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- kök kurduinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- bostan böceğiinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Ukrainian вовчо́к, ведме́дка
- вовчо́к (vovčók)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- ведме́дка (vedmédka)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- земле́дух (zemlédux)insect of Gryllotalpidae
- капустя́нка (kapustjánka)insect of Gryllotalpidae
Vietnamese dế trũi, dế nhũi
- dế trũiinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- dế nhũiinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- dế dũiinsect of Gryllotalpidae
- dế chũiinsect of Gryllotalpidae
Cite this entry
mole cricket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mole%20cricket
“mole cricket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mole%20cricket. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mole cricket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mole%20cricket.
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