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GENUS MAGICICADA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Magicicada mean?
• GENUS MAGICICADA (noun)
The noun GENUS MAGICICADA has 1 sense:
1. seventeen-year locust
Familiarity information: GENUS MAGICICADA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seventeen-year locust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Magicicada; Magicicada
Hypernyms ("genus Magicicada" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Magicicada"):
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 ("genus Magicicada" is a member of...):
Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)
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