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  • The unclothed yellow-green form stood on two powerfully muscled legs, each of which came equipped with a pair of knees that bent in opposing directions, giving the creature an almost cricketlike aspect at first glance.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • The unclothed yellow-green form stood on two powerfully muscled legs, each of which came equipped with a pair of knees that bent in opposing directions, giving the creature an almost cricketlike aspect at first glance.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • The unclothed yellow-green form stood on two powerfully muscled legs, each of which came equipped with a pair of knees that bent in opposing directions, giving the creature an almost cricketlike aspect at first glance.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • In some places, all you hear is the ambient hum of the central air-conditioning unit, the creak of Aeron chairs, the cricketlike click of the mouse, and the faint clatter of keystrokes.

    The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009

  • Listen for—a metallic, cricketlike “gick gick gick gick” that sounds like two pebbles being clicked together.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Listen for—a metallic, cricketlike “gick gick gick gick” that sounds like two pebbles being clicked together.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Listen for—a metallic, cricketlike “gick gick gick gick” that sounds like two pebbles being clicked together.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • One of these the natives call _pupu kani oi_ or "shrill voiced snail," averring that a certain cricketlike chirp that rings through the stillness of the almost insectless valleys is the voice of this particular species.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • One particular call - a high-pitched, cricketlike "tink-tink-tink" - caught the attention of herpetologist Christopher Austin and his graduate student Eric Rittmeyer.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • "The Plc," however, covers more familiar Autechre ground, with its quasi-danceable whip-crack beats, cricketlike chatter, and queasy synth tones contoured into baroquely warped figures.

    Miami New Times | Complete Issue 2009

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