"Mormon cricket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Mormon crickets [plural]
Etymology: Of Mormon + cricket, attested from the late 19th century. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Mormon|cricket}} Mormon + cricket Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mormon cricket (plural Mormon crickets)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Mormon cricket Categories (lifeform): Crickets and grasshoppers

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