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cicada.

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɪˈkeɪ.də/UK/sɪˈkɑː.də/UK[sɪˈkʰeɪ̯.də]UK[sɪˈkʰɑː.də]UK
  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

  2. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.

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