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Definition of Cicala
1. Noun. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
Generic synonyms: Homopteran, Homopterous Insect
Group relationships: Cicadidae, Family Cicadidae
Specialized synonyms: Dog-day Cicada, Harvest Fly, Magicicada Septendecim, Periodical Cicada, Seventeen-year Locust
Definition of Cicala
1. n. A cicada. See Cicada.
Definition of Cicala
1. Noun. A cicada. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cicala
1. cicada [n -LAS or -LE] - See also: cicada
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cicala
Literary usage of Cicala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Christianism.—Maddalena de Medici. —The Fenus de' Medici.—Finger of Galileo.—An
involuntary bumper at parting with Florence.—The cicala.—The fire-fly. ..."
2. Moral Significance of Animals as Indicated in Greek Proverbs by Herbert Pierrepont Houghton (1915)
"Id. I, 148.) Erasmus (p. 276) applies the proverb to the garrulous as well as to
the musical. Other proverbs involving the cicala as a type of garrulity are ..."
3. Conversations with Distinguished Persons During the Second Empire, from 1860 by Nassau William Senior (1880)
"Costei- cicala.—It was perfectly tranquil during my government. ... Castel-cicala.—You
may have regretted the expedition at that particular time, ..."
4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill. And the bees keep
their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the bill. ..."
5. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt: With Reminiscences of Friends and by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"The cicala.—The fire-fly.—Trees of Italy.—Manners and morals of the
people.—Alfieri.—Maccaroni.—The movement.—The Pope. RESOLVING to remain a while
in Italy ..."
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