"Acheta domesticus" shine sunan kimiyya don wasan kurket na gida na kowa. Kalmar "Acheta" ta fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci "akhetes" wanda ke nufin "fara" da "domesticus" na nufin "na gidan". Saboda haka, "Acheta domesticus" yana nufin nau'in wasan kurket da aka fi samu a gidajen mutane.
