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cicada /sɪˈkɑːdə /nounA large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, found chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud, shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.- Family Cicadidae, suborder Homoptera: many genera.
Watch a kite sweep the skies for large insects such as grasshoppers, cicadas and dragonflies....- On land, an unseen cicada had begun its shrill noise.
- But even over the noise, I could hear the monotonous drone of a cicada.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin cicada, cicala. Rhymesardour (US ardor), armada, Bader, cadre, carder, Dalriada, enchilada, Garda, gelada, Granada, Haggadah, Hamada, intifada, lambada, larder, Masada, Nevada, panada, piña colada, pousada, promenader, retarder, Scheherazade, Theravada, Torquemada, tostada |