Phrase guide

mole cricket

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fen cricket

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cricket

History

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَالُوش (mālūš) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Arabic: حَالُوش (ḥālūš) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Arabic: حَفَّار (ḥaffār) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Arabic: حَرَّاثَة (ḥarrāṯa) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Assamese: কুমটি (kumoti) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Asturian: topugrillu — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Asturian: araclán — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Asturian: lloba — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Bashkir: айыуғорт (ayıwğort) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Catalan: cadell — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Catalan: ceboller — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螻蛄 /蝼蛄 (lóugū) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Czech: krtonožka — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Dutch: veenmol — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Finnish: maamyyräsirkka — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • French: courtilière — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Galician: toupa grilo — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Galician: grilo da terra — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Galician: relo — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Georgian: მახრა (maxra) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Georgian: ბოსტანა (bosṭana) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • German: Maulwurfsgrille — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Hebrew: ערצב (artsáv) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Hungarian: lótücsök — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Hungarian: lótetű — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Irish: caoch-chriogar — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Japanese: 螻蛄 (kera) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Japanese: ケラ (kera) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Kazakh: бұзаубас (būzaubas) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Korean: 땅강아지 (ttanggang'aji) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Kyrgyz: аюучук (ayuucuk) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Macedonian: ровец (rovec) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Navajo: łeeyiʼ nahakʼízii — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Nogai: бузавбас (buzavbas) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Norman: scorpion — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Polish: turkuć — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Portuguese: grilo-toupeira — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Portuguese: paquinha — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Portuguese: ralo — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Portuguese: cachorrinho-da-terra — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Romanian: coropișniță — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Russian: медве́дка (medvédka) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Russian: медвёдка (medvjódka) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: ровац — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Serbo-Croatian: rovac — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Spanish: grillo topo — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Sundanese: gaang — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Swedish: mullvadssyrsa — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Tagalog: kamamarung — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Tamil: பிள்ளைப்பூச்சி (piḷḷaippūcci) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Turkish: danaburnu — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Turkish: kök kurdu — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Turkish: bostan böceği — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Turkmen: buzaw — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Turkmen: mürzebaşy — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Ukrainian: вовчо́к (vovčók) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Ukrainian: ведме́дка (vedmédka) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Ukrainian: земле́дух (zemlédux) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Ukrainian: капустя́нка (kapustjánka) — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Vietnamese: dế trũi — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Vietnamese: dế nhũi — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Vietnamese: dế dũi — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Vietnamese: dế chũi — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Yami: ahahawa — insect of Gryllotalpidae
  • Zhuang: ndungjndingq — insect of Gryllotalpidae