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cicada Definition

ci·cada (si kā′də, -kä′-)

noun pl. -·das or -·dae--dē

any of a family (Cicadidae) of large, flylike homopteran insects with transparent wings: the male makes a loud, shrill sound by vibrating a special organ on its undersurface

Etymology: ME < L

cicada Usage Examples

Possessives

  • whine: Cicada's whine out a Strawberry Field... Forever?

Converse of object

  • hear: On the way down the steps outside we could hear cicadas in the trees.
  • become: He became thinner and thinner and smaller and smaller until he became a cicada.

Preposition: in

  • tree: On the way down the steps outside we could hear cicadas in the trees.

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