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field cricket

field cricket

4.5
A small dark brown insect that lives in fields and makes a chirping sound
  • noun
  • /fiːld ˈkrɪkɪt/
  • US
translation icon : grillo de campo

Examples

  • A cage for field crickets.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The field cricket chirped loudly during the warm summer nights.

  • Farmers often notice when field crickets invade their crops, as they can cause damage.

  • In North America, the sound of field crickets is a familiar sign of the changing seasons.

Synonyms

cricket
vsfield cricket
73 1.3

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

is a particular North American dark species that also damages crops
Acheta assimilis
vsfield cricket
  • Specialized
9.9

A black cricket from the Americas that damages crops and sometimes enters houses

is the common dark chirping insect found in North America that harms crops

Surface Forms

field cricket singular
field crickets plural

Morphology

field + cricket

The noun phrase 'field cricket' is compositionally built from 'field' (a plot of land) + 'cricket' (the insect) to indicate a cricket associated with fields, so its meaning is directly inferable from the constituents. This type of noun-noun compounding to show habitat or type is common in English and across languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The name field cricket shows a simple picture: field tells the place and cricket is the little insect. So, it means 'the common dark cricket you hear chirping in fields that can sometimes damage crops or come into houses'.