nounWord forms: plural-las or -le (-leɪ, Italian -le)
another name for cicada
Word origin
C19: from Italian, from Latin: cicada
cicada in British English
(sɪˈkɑːdə) or cicala
nounWord forms: plural-das, -dae (-diː), -las or -le (-leɪ)
any large broad insect of the homopterous family Cicadidae, most common in warm regions. Cicadas have membranous wings and the males produce a high-pitched drone by vibration of a pair of drumlike abdominal organs