koringkriekn.
/ˈkɔːrɪŋkriːk/, U.S. /ˈkɔrɪŋˌkrik/, South African English /ˈkʊərɪŋkriːk/ South African.
One of several long-horned grasshoppers of the family Tettigoniidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Tettigoniidae > member of
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tettigonian1842
longhorn grasshopper1893
koringkriek1913
tettigoniid1921
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 277 Koorn kriek,..an insect belonging to the Locustidæ; it is very destructive to pumpkins, mealie cobs, etc., and does at times great damage to crops.
1954 S. H. Skaife Afr. Insect Life ii. 30 Many people in South Africa fear the koringkrieks because they have the reputation of being poisonous.
1955 D. Jacobson Trap iii. 73 The only sound was the shrill call of the koringkrieks, rasping frenziedly in one dry scream.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo i. 13 The koringkrieks lurching on immense and crooked legs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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