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cicada

[si-key-duh, -kah-] / sɪˈkeɪ də, -ˈkɑ- /
NOUN
locust
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STRONGEST


NOUN
seventeen-year locust
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Over the autumn and winter, about 30% of coronavirus samples analyzed in three European countries — Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark — were the Cicada subvariant, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Looking for bugs in summer turns into “The Cicada Humans.”

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Cicada watchers have spotted the first insects coming out of the ground, reporting their sightings to apps such as iNaturalist and Cicada Safari.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

“The whole tree is screaming,” said Kritsky, who created a Cicada Safari app to track where the cicadas are.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

But the Wasp dragged the Cicada up the trunk of another tree, then took another long sloping flight as before.

From Woodland Tales by Seton, Ernest Thompson




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