cicadn.
/ˈsɪkad/ Anglicized form of cicada n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae
cicada?a1475
cigala1484
bow-krickel1658
locust1709
harvest-fly1753
spit-insect1755
tettix1775
balm-cricket1783
cicala1821
tree-hopper1836
cicad1855
knife-grinder1859
scissors-grinder1875
jar-fly1880
squeaker1887
New Forest cicada1978
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 164 With their chirp The plaintful cicads shall the vine-trees rend.
1887 A. Forbes Insulinde 23 The song of the cicads.
1920 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 338 The homopterous hosts are leaf-hoppers and other small insects (allied to cicads).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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