Definition of Cicda
Ci*ca"da (s&ibreve;*kā"d&adot;),
n.; pl. E. Cicadas (-
d&adot;z), L. Cicadæ (-dē). [L.]
(Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A cicada is any of several insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Homoptera, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
Latin
- a cicada
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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