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MAGICICADA

• MAGICICADA (noun)
The noun MAGICICADA has 1 sense:

1. seventeen-year locust

Familiarity information: MAGICICADA used as a noun is very rare.

• MAGICICADA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Seventeen-year locust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Magicicada; Magicicada

Hypernyms ("Magicicada" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Magicicada"):

Magicicada septendecim; periodical cicada; seventeen-year locust (North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature)

Holonyms ("Magicicada" is a member of...):

Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)

"While the cat is away, the mice will play."
(English proverb)
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Man's schemes are inferior to those made by heaven."
(Chinese proverb)
"A good dog gets a good bone."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of family Cicadidae
Pronunciation of periodical cicada
Definition of arthropod genus
Definition of Cicadidae
Definition of Magicicada septendecim

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