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CICALA (cicale)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cicala mean? 

CICALA (noun)
  The noun CICALA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CICALA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CICALA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cicada; cicala

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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