gigs
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When startled, grigs emit squeaks that soar into ultrasonic frequencies around 13 kilohertz to scare off predators.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
By comparison, many shrill hump-winged grigs emit their songs from higher perches in trees to avoid bouncing their sounds off vegetation.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
This frequency is much lower than the noises emitted by hump-winged grigs, another modern Prophalangopsid found in the Rockies, which look like brawny crickets.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
Researchers in Canada have identified strange sexual behaviour in cricket-like insects, commonly known as grigs, that live in the sagebrush fields of the Rocky Mountains.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2012
He won’t believe it’s true, but you’ll make him believe, and be as happy as grigs walking round and planning out that parlour.
From Flaming June by Gilbert, A.
