the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A cicada. See cicada.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A cicada.
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n. stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Word Usage
"Everything that lived or grew, was oppressed by the glare; except the lizard, passing swiftly over rough stone walls, and the cicala, chirping his dry hot chirp, like a rattle."