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Acheta

noun

common house and field crickets

• Syn: ↑genus Acheta

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gryllidae, ↑family Gryllidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑European house cricket, ↑Acheta domestica, ↑field cricket, ↑Acheta assimilis

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\\ˈakəd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, male cicada, from Greek (Doric dialect) acheta, achetas (Greek ēcheta, ēchetēs), literally, chirping one, from acheta, achetas, adjective, shrill, chirping, from (Doric dialect) achein to sound, ring (Greek ēchein) — more at echo

: a genus of crickets including the common American house crickets and field crickets

Useful english dictionary. 2012.