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cicada

[si-key-duh, -kah-] / sɪˈkeɪ də, -ˈkɑ- /
NOUN
locust
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STRONGEST


NOUN
seventeen-year locust
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As of February, the Cicada subvariant has been reported in 23 countries, and has also been seen among airline passengers to the U.S. traveling from the United Kingdom, Japan and Kenya.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Looking for bugs in summer turns into “The Cicada Humans.”

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Cicada watchers have spotted the first insects coming out of the ground, reporting their sightings to apps such as iNaturalist and Cicada Safari.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

“The whole tree is screaming,” said Kritsky, who created a Cicada Safari app to track where the cicadas are.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Limbus: the area along the outer and posterior margin of wing beyond the closed cells; Homoptera, Cicada.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.




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