house cricket

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A common, widely distributed cricket (Acheta domesticus) that often enters human dwellings in cold weather.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The common cricket, Acheta domestica. See cut under cricket.

Wiktionary

1. n. a cricket of the species Acheta domestica.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a European cricket (Gryllus domesticus), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males.