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ant cricket

ant cricket noun: any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.

ant cricket: any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants
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Noun

ant cricket (plural ant crickets)

  1. Any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.
    • The Californian ant-cricket, Myrmecophila formicarum Scudder occurs in practically every nest.1911 February, William M. Mann, “Notes on the guests of somee Californian ants”, in Psyche, volume 18, page 28
    • Grylloidea contains the familiar crickets (Gryllidae) as well as the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae). Each of these families have a worldwide distribution, but only the gryllids are of any significant diversity.2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 209

Forms of ant cricket

pluralant crickets

Questions about ant cricket

What does ant cricket mean?
Ant cricket means any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.
What part of speech is ant cricket?
Ant cricket is a noun.
What is the plural of ant cricket?
The plural of ant cricket is ant crickets.

Words near ant cricket in the dictionary

  1. ant cattle
  2. ant colonies
  3. ant colony
  4. ant cow
  5. ant cows
  6. ant cricket
  7. ant crickets
  8. ant egg
  9. ant eggs
  10. ant farm
  11. ant farms

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