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Gryllus

Gryllus

9.9
A group of crickets like field crickets found in many places worldwide
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrɪləs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Gryllus
  • Farmers often notice the presence of Gryllus crickets when they hear their distinctive sounds.

Examples

  • The Gryllus species can be heard chirping in the fields during the summer nights.

  • Many children enjoy catching Gryllus crickets in meadows as part of their outdoor play.

  • Circe herself was the subject of a lost play of this kind by Aeschylus, and she and Odysseus even appear rather gryllus-like in a certain style of vase painting.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

cricket
vsGryllus
73 1.3

A small jumping insect whose male makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings together

is a specific genus within that family containing several common field species

Compounds

Acris gryllus
  • Specialized
9.9

A small frog from the eastern United States that lives by ponds and makes a high chirping call

Surface Forms

Gryllus singular
Gryllus plural

Etymology

Gryllus comes from an old Greek word gryllos, which means 'cricket'. Scientists used it as the scientific name for a group of crickets, so when you see Gryllus you can remember the small chirping 'cricket'.