grasshopper vs cricket
Definitions
noun
- terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
Examples
Workers feed them daily a mix of flakes, worms, grasshoppers and freeze-dried shrimp.
The autumn birds were singing; the autumn flowers were blooming; yellow golden rod and scarlet sumach glowed in the corners of the fences; locusts chirped in treetops; grasshoppers stridulated in the meadows, one or two of them making more noise than a whole drove of cattle lying peacefully chewing their cud beneath an umbrageous elm and lifting up their great, tranquil, blinking eyes to the morning sun.
This second gene is only found in holometabolous insects, Drosophila, and silkworms but not in the more primitive hemimetabolous insects, like grasshoppers or springtails.
Definitions
noun
- leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
verb
- play cricket
Examples
I'm a 25-year-old single bloke who plays international cricket and tours the world.
The epic cricket battle between England and Australia has sparked a deluge of wagers.
There is a persisting myth in Indian cricket that spin is more important than pace.
