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changa
noun
chan·ga
\ˈchaŋgə, -äŋ-\
Definition of changa
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: a large brown mole cricket (Scapteriscus vicinus) native to South America but now widely distributed in the West Indies and southeastern U.S. where it is a destructive pest of many cultivated crops, feeding on crowns and stems and damaging roots by its burrowing
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Origin and Etymology of changa
American Spanish
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