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noun
Any of several species in subfamily Hetrodinae with body forms like those of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, particularly
An armoured bush cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis);
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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Synonyms: armoured ground cricket, armoured katydid, corn cricket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species in subfamily Hetrodinae with body forms like those of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, particularly
A similar insect of species Hetrodes pupus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Afrikaans koring (“corn, wheat”) + kriek (“cricket”).
