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 bladder cicada

plural of evening cicada

plural of periodical 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.

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

cicada killer

Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.