plural of cicada

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. / The periodical cicada.

plural of cicada

plural of evening cicada

Any of certain species of cicadas, especially in genus Magicicada, which are known for their 17- and 13-year life-cycles, during most of which they develop underground, emerging in large numbers for a short time as large and audible adults, all those emerging in a year constituting a brood.

cicada killer

Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.

A species of cicada, Tanna japonensis, having a shrill call that can be heard most often in the morning and evening.

plural of cicada killer

plural of cicada hawk