cicada
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.
Pronunciation
Noun
cicada (plural cicadas or cicadae or (archaic) cicadæ)
- Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
- 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:
- Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
- The periodical cicada.
- 2011, Robert Evans Snodgrass, Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living, page 217:
- The emergence years of the principal cicada broods have now been recorded for a long time, and the oldest record of a swarm is that of the appearance of the “locusts” in New England two hundred and ninety-five years ago.
- 2013 May 16, Laura Kroon, “Magicidada coming to New Jersey on May 27”, in Hunterdon County Democrat:
- Last year, the Brood I cicadas were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (periodical cicada): seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada
Derived terms
Translations
any of several insects of the order Hemiptera
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