A homopterous insect with large transparent wings, living on trees or shrubs; the male is noted for its power of making a shrill chirping sound…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae (27) cicada?a1475 A homopterous insect with large transparent wings, living on trees or shrubs; the male is noted for its power of making a shrill chirping sound… cigala1484 = cicada, n., cicala, n. bow-krickel1658 A cicada. locust1709 A cicada (family Cicadidae); spec. (U.S.) any of the cicadas of the genus Magicicada, which exhibit extreme periodicity of adult development and… harvest-fly1753 a name in U.S. for species of Cicada, which appear during harvest time. spit-insect1755 †(a) (see quot. 1755); (b) the cuckoo-spit insect, Philænus spumarius; cf. spittle bug n. at spittle, n.2 compounds 1. tettix1775 The cicada or tree-cricket, a homopterous winged insect: so called by the ancient Greeks, and hence in reference to Greece, Greek poets, etc. The… balm-cricket1783 The cicada. cicala1821 = cicada, n. tree-hopper1836 any one of various homopterous insects which live on trees; sometimes spec. the cicada. cicad1855 Anglicized form of cicada, n. knife-grinder1859 A name for a species of cicada. scissors-grinder1875 Any of various birds and other animals that make a call or sound resembling the sound of a scissors-grinder's wheel: (in Bermuda) a cicada; (Englis… jar-fly1880 A winged insect of the family Cicadidæ, so called from the shrill jarring sound which it produces. squeaker1887 A bird or animal which squeaks. Zoology. (a) (See quots.) Also attributive. (b) = cicada, n. New Forest cicada1978 a European cicada, Cicadetta montana, which occurs in the New Forest and is the only cicada native to Britain. Subcategories:— arbricta curvicosta (floury miller) (2) — cicada septemdecim (seventeen-year cicada) (3) — thirteen-year cicada (1) — psaltoda moerens (red-eye) (1) — thelia crataegi (thorn-hopper) (1) — sound-producing organ (2) — chirping (1) |
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