noun
crickets
• Syn: ↑family Gryllidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orthoptera, ↑order Orthoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑cricket, ↑Acheta, ↑genus Acheta, ↑Oecanthus, ↑genus Oecanthus
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\\-ləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of insects (order Orthoptera) consisting of the crickets
Useful english dictionary. 2012.