Noun: Jerusalem cricket
- Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States
"Jerusalem crickets emerged at night to forage on the beach";
- sand cricket, Stenopelmatus fuscus
Derived forms: Jerusalem crickets
Type of: long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
Part of: genus Stenopelmatus, Stenopelmatus
Encyclopedia: Jerusalem cricket