Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
1 But no doubt the cicada is quite happy living in this way.
2 Besides the cicada , the sand hornet captures grasshoppers and other large insects.
3 From roadside trees the cicada vied with them, making the welkin ring.
4 In the drooping clusters of olives a cicada whispered gently to itself.
5 A cicada began its shrill note close by, chirping with maddening persistency.
6 Next to the cicada , a splinter of wood twitched in the wind.
7 The cicada shooter lay in the center of the circle in pieces.
8 Only in the trees is heard at intervals the whir of the cicada .
9 I fingered the cicada lightly, checking if it was stuck good.
10 Rebecca Holden joins Bryan to talk about her cicada series Cyril and Friends
11 Then, as if in response to the cicada , his cell phone started chirping.
12 He has brought us the cast-off skin of a cicada to look at.
13 He finished up and followed the cicada to where it flew.
14 This entomopathogenic microbe attacks and infects cicada nymphs and other burrowing resting insects.
15 They ran a recipe in last week's Post for cicada stirfry.
16 They began to move the sections towards each other in the cicada grass.
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