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Definition of Periodical cicada
1. Noun. North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature.
Generic synonyms: Cicada, Cicala
Group relationships: Genus Magicicada, Magicicada
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periodical Cicada
Literary usage of Periodical cicada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution, racial and habitudinal by John Thomas Gulick (1905)
"DIVERGENCE IN THE periodical cicada. found only in the narrow belt where the two
species are brought into contact, and that it has been reported from so ..."
2. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal by John Thomas Gulick (1905)
"Divergent Evolution in the periodical cicada (Cicada septendecim).* In Cicada
septendecim we have examples of two quite distinct divergences, each depending ..."
3. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"BELATED INDIVIDUALS of the periodical cicada. On page Ci of the present volume
of the ENTOMOLOGIST, we stated that scattering ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Bulletin, No. 12. New Series, pp. 30. Washington, 1898. The periodical cicada:
an Account of Cicada septendecim, its Natural Enemies, and the means of ..."
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