Jerusalem cricket

English

Noun

Jerusalem cricket (plural Jerusalem crickets)

1. A large, flightless insect of the genus Stenopelmatus, native to the western United States and parts of Mexico — not a true cricket.

Synonyms

• potato bug

Translations

Stenopelmatus

• Hopi: qalatötö
• Navajo: tsiitsʼiin łichíʼítsoh