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cicada

[ si-key-duh, -kah- ]

noun

plural cicadas, cicadae
  1. any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.


cicada

/ ²õɪˈ°ìÉ‘Ë»åÉ™ /

noun

  1. any large broad insect of the homopterous family Cicadidae, most common in warm regions. Cicadas have membranous wings and the males produce a high-pitched drone by vibration of a pair of drumlike abdominal organs
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cicada1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ³¦¾±³¦Äå»å²¹
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cicada1

C19: from Latin
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It was like an hour and a half of trying to get Leslie’s side of that and she just had to stay focused while there were frogs, cicadas and a party boat—

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Some insects, including aphids and cicadas, feed on phloem – the living tissue inside plants that carries food made in the leaves to other parts of the plant – and may also benefit from carbon-rich plants.

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All they can see is leafy tree tops and hear is the echoes of cicadas and birds bouncing off the cliffs.

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Surrounded on all sides by a continuous oppressive chorus of cicadas and the mountain ranges making up the Altar Valley, you quickly lose any sense of direction.

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Hell, even Chuck Schumer, who rarely has the energy to do more than babble incoherently while sounding like a cicada, was semi-energetic on stage.

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