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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans koring (“corn, wheat”) + kriek (“cricket”).
Noun
koringkriek (plural koringkrieks)
- (South Africa) Any of several species in subfamily Hetrodinae with body forms like those of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, particularly
- An armoured bush cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis);
- Synonyms: armoured ground cricket, armoured katydid, corn cricket
- A similar insect of species Hetrodes pupus.