[See quot. 1868. But Bailey and others explained the name f. OE. cierran, cyrran to turn, ‘because it turneth quick about.’] A local name of the Mole-Cricket.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. v. § 2. 124.
1726. Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Eve-Churr or Churr-Worm, a kind of Insect.
1865. J. G. Wood, Homes without H., viii. 158. The Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris), called in some places the Croaker, or Churr-worm, on account of the peculiar sound which it produces.
