Mormon Cricket Definition

noun
A large flightless migratory katydid (Anabrus simplex) of western North America that is often destructive to crops and forage plants.
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Synonyms:
  • Anabrus simplex

Other Word Forms of Mormon Cricket

Noun

Singular:
Mormon cricket
Plural:
mormon-crickets

Origin of Mormon Cricket

  • Probably so called because the Mormon Church is prominent in the insect's range, and perhaps in direct reference to a swarm that threatened crops when Mormons first settled around the Great Salt Lake

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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