Cicada

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eÉªdÉ™, -É‘ËdÉ™

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cicada, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Full definition of cicada

Noun

cicada

(plural cicadas or cicadae)

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

2012, Anna Lena Phillips

The periodical cicada.

Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living
May 16, Magicidada coming to New Jersey on May 27

Hyponyms

(periodical cicada) seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada

Derived terms

hairy cicada