Cicada

  • 1cicadă — CICÁDĂ, cicade, s.f. Nume dat unor insecte cu corpul scurt şi gros, cu capul mare, terminat printr o proeminenţă ascuţită. – Din lat. Cicada (denumire ştiinţifică). Trimis de viorelgrosu, 23.02.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  cicádă s. f., g. d. art.… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 2Cicada — Ci*ca da (s[i^]*k[=a] d[.a]), n.; pl. E. {Cicadas} ( d[.a]z), L. {Cicad[ae]} ( d[=e]). [L.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any species of the genus {Cicada} or of the family {Cicadidae}. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3cicada — (n.) early 15c., from L. cicada cicada, tree cricket, not a native Latin word; perhaps a loan word from a lost Mediterranean language …

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  • 4CICADA — Apollini apud Gentiles sacra fuit, Deo Musico; quemadmodum et cycnus, ob cantum. Hinc etiam Poctae cicadae dicti, sed mali potius. Ita enim Simonides, apud Athenaeum, l. 15. c. 8. Φοῖβος ἐσαγεῖται τοῖς Τυνδαρίδῃσιν ἀοιδὰν, Τὰν ἄμετροι τέττιγες… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 5Cicada — Cicāda, s. Singzirpen …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 6cicada — is pronounced si kah dǝ, although si kay dǝ is also heard …

    Modern English usage

  • 7cicada — ► NOUN ▪ a large bug with long transparent wings, which makes a shrill droning noise after dark. ORIGIN Latin …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8cicada — [si kā′də, sikä′də] n. pl. cicadas or cicadae [si kā′dē, si kä′dē] [ME < L] any of a family (Cicadidae) of large, flylike homopteran insects with transparent wings: the male makes a loud, shrill sound by vibrating a special organ on its… …

    English World dictionary

  • 9Cicada — For other uses, see Cicada (disambiguation). Cicada Annual cicada, Tibicen linnei Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 10cicada — /si kay deuh, kah /, n., pl. cicadas, cicadae / dee/. any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen. [1350 1400; ME < L cicada] * *&#8230; …

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