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Cicada

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Noun

1. cicada, cicala

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cicada

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noun plural -das, -dae (-diː), -las or -le (-leɪ)
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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Cicada

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nounWord forms: plural ciˈcadas or ciˈcadae (sɪˈkeɪdi ; sikāˈdē; sɪˈkɑdi ; sikäˈdē)
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 College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cicada

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n. pl. ci·ca·das or ci·ca·dae (-dē′)
Any of various insects chiefly of the family Cicadidae, having a broad head, membranous wings, and in the male a pair of resonating organs that produce a characteristic high-pitched, droning sound.

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