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n. Any of various insects of the family Cicadidae, having a broad head, membranous wings, and in the male a pair of resonating organs that produce a characteristic high-pitched, droning sound. Also called cicala.

n. any of several insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

n. Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (Cicada septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

n. A popular name of many insects belonging to different orders, Hemiptera and Orthoptera, which make a rhythmical creaking or chirping noise; a locust, grasshopper, or cricket. In this sense the word has no definite zoölogical signification.

n. In zoology: [capitalized] The typical genus of homopterous hemipterous insects of the family Cicadidæ.

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

"They were all back there — Liat and Maati and Kirath and Tuui and Epani who everyone called the cicada behind his back."

large dog-day cicada    locust    cricket    grasshopper   

cicadae   

seventeen year locust    dogday cicada   

cicala   

Ada    Beda    Breda    Grenada    Halimeda    Veda    meda    reseda    zenaida   

grasshopper    locust    cricket    chrysalis    cicadae    pupa    cockroach    air-conditioner    mosquito    caterpillar