Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cricket that lives in the woods; specifically, Nemobius sylventris, of Europe.
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Duppo brought us a large wood-cricket, called the _Tanana_, the wonderfully loud and not unmusical notes of which we had often heard.
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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