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Definition of Genus Cicada
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cicada
Literary usage of Genus Cicada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1912)
"14, page 426) devides the old genus Cicada Linn. as recognized by Latreille, Stal,
... In fact genus Cicada as restricted by Distant in his catalogue of the ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... and which in the early works of Fabricius composed his genus Cicada, ...
I presume that several other species of the genus Cicada of this author, ..."
3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Those of the genus cicada, which has been improperly translated grasshopper, are
easily known by their broad heads; their Urge, convex, and brilliant eye on ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Those of the genus cicada, which has been improperly translated grasshopper, are
easily known by their broad heads; their large, convex, and brilliant eye ..."
5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"The insects composing this group were included by Linnaeus, Fabricius and
Zetterstedt in the old genus Cicada and by Germar, Herrich-Schafler and Say in ..."
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