Cicada

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  • noun. Any of various insects chiefly of the family Cicadidae, having a broad head, membranous wings, and in the male a pair of resonating organs that produce a characteristic high-pitched, droning sound.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A popular name of many insects belonging to different orders, Hemiptera and Orthoptera, which make a rhythmical creaking or chirping noise; a locust, grasshopper, or cricket. In this sense the word has no definite zoölogical signification.
  • noun. In zoology: [capitalized] The typical genus of homopterous hemipterous insects of the family Cicadidæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae. 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 (Cicada septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. any of several insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
    • Word Usage
    "A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha."
    cross-reference
    cricket  grasshopper  large dog-day cicada  locust  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    dogday cicada  seventeen year locust  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ada  Beda  Breda  Grenada  Halimeda  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    air-conditioner  bagpipe  caterpillar  chrysalis  cicadae  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cicala  
    variant
    cicadae  
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