cicadan.

/sɪˈkeɪdə/

/sɪˈkɑːdə/

Forms: Also Middle English cicade.

Etymology: < Latin cicāda; see also cicad n.

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, much appreciated by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Nearly all the species are inhabitants of tropical or the warmer temperate regions. Only one small species has been found (in the New Forest) in England. Called by the Greeks τέττιξ, which, like cicada and cigale, is often erroneously rendered ‘grasshopper’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae

cicada?a1475

cigala1484

bow-krickel1658

locust1709

harvest-fly1753

spit-insect1755

tettix1775

balm-cricket1783

cicala1821

tree-hopper1836

cicad1855

knife-grinder1859

scissors-grinder1875

jar-fly1880

squeaker1887

New Forest cicada1978

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 317 Þere beeþ also cicade bryddes þat syngeþ at þe beste, and haueþ a pipe open vnder þe þrote.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 270 The American Locust. This species of Cicadae is at all times very common in Pennsylvania.

1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 229 Cicada..the only species known to inhabit this country was lately discovered by Mr. Daniel Bydder near the New Forest.

1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 285 He deigns in his hair The cicada to wear.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. i. 8 The tree-frog and cicada are silent.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 538 Under olive boughs in which cicadas sing.

Compounds

cicada-killer n. a large American digger-wasp, Sphecius speciosus, which kills the annual cicada and stores it as food.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of genus Sphecius (cicada-killer)

cicada-killer1895

1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects 653.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cicada
释义	cicadan. /sɪˈkeɪdə//sɪˈkɑːdə/ Forms: Also Middle English cicade. Etymology: < Latin cicāda; see also cicad n. 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, much appreciated by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Nearly all the species are inhabitants of tropical or the warmer temperate regions. Only one small species has been found (in the New Forest) in England. Called by the Greeks τέττιξ, which, like cicada and cigale, is often erroneously rendered ‘grasshopper’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae cicada?a1475 cigala1484 bow-krickel1658 locust1709 harvest-fly1753 spit-insect1755 tettix1775 balm-cricket1783 cicala1821 tree-hopper1836 cicad1855 knife-grinder1859 scissors-grinder1875 jar-fly1880 squeaker1887 New Forest cicada1978 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 317 Þere beeþ also cicade bryddes þat syngeþ at þe beste, and haueþ a pipe open vnder þe þrote. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 270 The American Locust. This species of Cicadae is at all times very common in Pennsylvania. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 229 Cicada..the only species known to inhabit this country was lately discovered by Mr. Daniel Bydder near the New Forest. 1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 285 He deigns in his hair The cicada to wear. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. i. 8 The tree-frog and cicada are silent. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 538 Under olive boughs in which cicadas sing. Compounds cicada-killer n. a large American digger-wasp, Sphecius speciosus, which kills the annual cicada and stores it as food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of genus Sphecius (cicada-killer) cicada-killer1895 1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects 653. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1475
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