Cicada Definition

sĭ-kādə, -kä-
cicadae, cicadas
noun
cicadas
Any of a family (Cicadidae) of large, flylike homopteran insects with transparent wings: the male makes a loud, shrill sound by vibrating a special organ on its undersurface.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
other
(periodical cicada): seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae — certain European cicadas.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cicada

Noun

Singular:
cicada
Plural:
cicadae, cicadas

Origin of Cicada

  • Borrowed from Latin cicada, ultimately onomatopoeic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin cicāda

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin cicada

    From Wiktionary

Cicada Sentence Examples

  • The cicada's song resounds among the woods in the autumn; flights of locusts frequently appear after the summer, and they are carried by the prevailing winds even among the glaciers and eternal snows.

  • In one of the best-known species, Cicada septemdecim, from North America, the life-cycle is said to extend over seventeen years.

  • He became thinner and thinner and smaller and smaller until he became a cicada.

  • The " song " of the male cicads is notorious and the structures by which it is produced have already been described (see also Cicada).

  • Particularly obtrusive is the cicada (semi), of which there are many species.

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