| 单词 | periodical cicada |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperiodical cicada periodical cicada n. the North American cicada Magicicada septendecim, the nymphs of which emerge in large numbers on a seventeen-year (or, in the south, a thirteen-year) cycle; also called seventeen-year cicada, thirteen-year cicada. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae > cicada septemdecim (seventeen-year cicada) seventeen-year locust1817 seventeen-year cicada1830 periodical cicada1876 1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 635 Professor Riley exhibited specimens of the periodical Cicada, in the pupal and perfect states. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. xiii. 134 Brood X of the periodical cicada,.., which appeared in 1970, is the most widespread and abundant of the broods. 2002 Amer. Midland Naturalist 147 214 The widespread oviposition damage from periodical cicadas did not have any important effects on successional dynamics of the host plants. < as lemmas |
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