cricket

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    Crickets are insects that have long antennae and powerful legs adapted for leaping. The males produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing their front wings together to attract female crickets, a sound with cultural resonance all over the world.

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    "Field Cricket" by Ken Schneider is licensed under CC BY-NC.

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    Encyclopædia Britannica Online
         N.d.   Cricket. http://www.britannica.com/Ebchecked/topic/142904/cricket, accessed
             August 19, 2014.