| cricket [`krik·ǝt] BUILDING CONSTRUCTION A device that is used to divert water at the intersections of roofs or at the intersection of a roof and chimney. INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 1. The common name for members of the insect family Gryllidae. 2. The common name for any of several related species of orthopteran insects in the families Tettigoniidae, Gryllotalpidae, and Tridactylidae. |