Lexic.us

Definition of Tettix

1. n. The cicada.

Definition of Tettix

1. Noun. a cicada, especially in Greece ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tettix

1. a cicada [n -ES] - See also: cicada

Medical Definition of Tettix

1. 1. The cicada. 2. A genus of small grasshoppers. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A kind of grasshopper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tettix

Literary usage of Tettix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tettigidae of North America by Joseph Lane Hancock (1902)
"At the roots of large oak trees where the soil was interspersed with tine gravel, a number of tettix gibbosus were found.—Riverside, 11l., August 18, 1896. ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"According to Azam, this tettix prefers flinty soils, and is widely distributed in Brittany, the Hautes Pyrenees, Sologne, and the Vosges. ..."

3. Plutarch on the Delay of the Divine Justice by Plutarch (1885)
"There is then, said I, one course of reasoning which confirms equally the providence of God and 1 Or, " the home of the grasshopper "; for tettix ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"tettix granulatus, Kirby. Ottawa, Ont., generally, to L. Superior ... 29, 1901 ; North River, Algonquin Park, Aug. 20, 1902. 5. tettix ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1902)
"tettix granulatus, Kirby. Ottawa, Ont., generally, to L. Superior ... 29, 1901 ; North River, Algonquin Park, Aug. 20, 1902. 5. tettix ..."

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