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Definition of Cicadae
1. cicada [n] - See also: cicada
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cicadae
Literary usage of Cicadae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mercersburg Review by Marshall College (Mercersburg, Pa.). Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1851)
"Spare time indeed we have on hands, as it seems; and now the cicadae, who, as
their wont is in the ... It is said then that these cicadae were once men; ..."
2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"cicadae.— Trees.—Flowers.—River Kalomo.—Physical Conformation of Country.—Ridges,
sanatoria. — A wounded Buffalo Assisted.—Buffalo-bird.—Rhinoceros-bird. ..."
3. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"... British cicadae has now appeared completing the work, which extends to two
octavo volumes with over four hundred pages and eighty-two plates. ..."