单词 | seventeen-year locust |
释义 | seventeen-year locust in British Englishnoun an E North American cicada, Magicicada septemdecim, appearing in great numbers at infrequent intervals because its nymphs take 13 or 17 years to mature Also called: periodical cicadaseventeen-year locust in American English (ˈsɛvənˌtinˌjɪr) US a cicada (Magicicada septendecim) which lives underground as a larva for from thirteen to seventeen years before emerging as an adult to live in the open for a brief period |
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