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    CICALA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: cicale  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched droneplay

    Synonyms:

    cicada; cicala

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("cicala" is a kind of...):

    homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cicala"):

    dog-day cicada; harvest fly (its distinctive song is heard during July and August)

    Magicicada septendecim; periodical cicada; seventeen-year locust (North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature)

    Holonyms ("cicala" is a member of...):

    Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)

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