family gryllidae meaning

• Noun: family Gryllidae
  1. Crickets
     - Gryllidae

  Type of: arthropod family

  Part of: order Orthoptera, Orthoptera

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Examples

1. Flies have been observed responding to various cricket songs, but seem to be limited to the family Gryllidae.
2. ""'Gryllomorpha " "'is a genus of cricket belonging to the family Gryllidae subfamily Gryllomorphinae.
3. "' Ensifera "'is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, including insects in the families Gryllidae ( true crickets ), Prophalangopsidae ( grigs ), Stenopelmatidae ( Jerusalem crickets, king crickets, tree and giant wetas ), Gryllacrididae ( leaf-rolling and raspy crickets ), Cooloolidae ( cooloola monsters ), Rhaphidophoridae ( cave and camel crickets ), Schizodactylidae ( dune or splay-footed crickets ) and Tettigoniidae ( bush crickets or katydids ).