Cicada

[sɪ'kɑːdə] or [sɪ'kedɚ]

Definition

(noun.) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.

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Definition

(n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Harvest-fly, LOCUST (popularly, but erroneously, so called in the U. S.).

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Definition

n. an insect remarkable for its chirping sound.

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