Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dune cricket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: dune crick-et
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.

Example Sentences

"The Thar desert in Rajasthan is home to two of the seven known dune cricket species."

Etymology

From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dune
Suffix: cricket

Inflected Forms

dune crickets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Schizodactylidae

Synonyms

splay-footed cricket schizodactylid

Questions

What does dune cricket mean?: Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.
Where does dune cricket come from?: From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.

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