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Definition of Dog-day cicada
1. Noun. Its distinctive song is heard during July and August.
Exact synonyms: Harvest Fly
Generic synonyms: Cicada, Cicala
Group relationships: Genus Tibicen, Tibicen
Generic synonyms: Cicada, Cicala
Group relationships: Genus Tibicen, Tibicen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dog-day Cicada
Literary usage of Dog-day cicada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Friends and Farm Foes: A Text-book of Agricultural Science by Clarence Moores Weed (1910)
"These are able to make a curious shrill noise, somewhat similar to that of the
Dog- day Cicada, although in both species the ability to sing is confined to ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"dog-day cicada, VIII. 502, 2 a. DOG DAYS, VI. 182. DOGE, VI. 182. Of Venice, 2 a.
Marriage with the Adriatic instituted, 2 b ; I. 279, 2 a ; XVI. 299, 2 a. ..."
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