cicada
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
Other meanings
The periodical cicada.
Related words
- cicadomorph
- cicadoid
- cicadid
- cicadin
- cicadabird
- cicada case
- cicada-geddon
- cicada killer
- cicada hawk
- bladder cicada
- dog-day cicada
- evening cicada
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "cicāda".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cicada” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.