…an insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. The male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound…
…an open-air game played on a large grass field with ball, bats, and two wickets, between teams of eleven players, the object of the game being to score more runs than the opposition…
…a low stool, typically with a rectangular or oval seat and four legs splayed out…
…something contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude…
…an insect related to the grasshoppers, with very long antennae and a mainly carnivorous diet. Many kinds live among shrubby vegetation, active and singing mainly at dusk and in the night…
…a humpbacked wingless insect related to the grasshoppers, typically living in caves or holes…
…a European cricket that lives in a burrow in grassland and has a musical bird-like chirp…
…a chiefly nocturnal cricket with a bird-like warble, native to North Africa and SW Asia. It has become established in warm buildings throughout Europe…
…a large burrowing nocturnal cricket-like insect with broad forelegs, the female of which lays her eggs in an underground nest and guards the young. Very rare in Britain, it can be a pest in some other areas…
…a predatory water bug that runs on the surface film of water, related to the pond skater but with shorter legs…
…first-class cricket played in the UK between the eighteen professional teams contesting the County Championship…
…an informal game resembling cricket but played with a soft ball which is bowled at the batter’s legs…
…(in sports other than cricket) an unusually high score…
…used in names of insects of related families, e.g. bush cricket, mole cricket…
…used in names of insects of related families, e.g. bush cricket, mole cricket…
…an insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. The male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound…
…an insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. The male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound…
