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churr-worm
ˈchurr-worm [See quot. 1868. But Bailey and others explained the name f. OE. cierran, cyrran to turn, ‘because it turneth quick about’.] A local name of the Mole-Cricket.1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2. 124. 1726 Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Eve-Churr or Churr-Worm, a kind of Insect. 1868 Wood Homes witho...
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eve-churr
ˈeve-churr Also 7 -churre, 8 -chair, -chier, -chur. [f. eve n.1 + churr: see churr-worm.] † 1. The Mole-Cricket; also called churr-worm, fen-cricket. ? Obs.1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1018 Of the Fen-Kricket, the Eve-churre, or the Chur-worm..we may call it Gryllotalpa; a Mole-kricket. 1668 Wi...
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croaker
croaker (ˈkrəʊkə(r)) Also 7–8 croker. [f. croak v. + -er.] 1. An animal that croaks; applied spec. to several North American fishes, also to the Mole Cricket.1651 Ogilby æsop (1665) 11 While the long Vale with big-voiced Croakers [i.e. frogs] rings. 1676 T. Glover Virginia in Phil. Trans. XI. 625 In...
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