jar-flyn.
/ˈdʒɑːflʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑrˌflaɪ/ A winged insect of the family Cicadidæ, so called from the shrill jarring sound which it produces.
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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
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bow-krickel1658
locust1709
harvest-fly1753
spit-insect1755
tettix1775
balm-cricket1783
cicala1821
tree-hopper1836
cicad1855
knife-grinder1859
scissors-grinder1875
jar-fly1880
squeaker1887
New Forest cicada1978
1880 New Virgin. I. 110 Insects... There is the thing they call the ‘jar-fly’, for instance... It makes a noise like a watchman's rattle.
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