Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Achetidæ: equivalent to Gryllus (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of Orthopteran insects consisting of common house and field crickets.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common house and field crickets
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-- Des circonstances singulieres l'engagèrent à épouser un nègre qui lui acheta sa liberté, et qui la tira des mains d'un blanc, maître barbare et libi-dineux, qui avoit tout employé pour la desuire.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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