cicada : Idioms & Phrases

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cicada killer

  • noun large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas
    Sphecius speciosis.
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dog-day cicada

  • noun its distinctive song is heard during July and August
    harvest fly.
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Dogday cicada

  • (Zoöl.), a large American cicada (C. pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer.
Webster 1913

genus cicada

  • noun type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas
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periodical cicada

  • noun North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
    Magicicada septendecim; seventeen-year locust.
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