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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 drone
Familiarity information: CICALA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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