Associations to the word «Magicicada»

Wiktionary

MAGICICADA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae   — some North America cicadas, whose nymphs take 13 or 17 years to mature, so that the adults emerge in great numbers at infrequent intervals.

Dictionary definition

MAGICICADA, noun. Seventeen-year locust.

Wise words

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