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SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does seventeen-year locust mean?

• SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST (noun)
The noun SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST has 1 sense:

1. North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature

Familiarity information: SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST used as a noun is very rare.

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• SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST (noun)

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Meaning:

North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Magicicada septendecim; periodical cicada; seventeen-year locust

Hypernyms ("seventeen-year locust" is a kind of...):

cicada; cicala (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)

Holonyms ("seventeen-year locust" is a member of...):

genus Magicicada; Magicicada (seventeen-year locust)

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