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annual cicada

annual cicada noun: any of various genera of cicadas that appear every summer (though with a life cycle typically spanning two to five years), distinguished from the periodical species that appear in large swarms every 13 or 17 years.

Noun

annual cicada (plural annual cicadas)

  1. Any of various genera of cicadas that appear every summer (though with a life cycle typically spanning two to five years), distinguished from the periodical species that appear in large swarms every 13 or 17 years.

Forms of annual cicada

pluralannual cicadas

Questions about annual cicada

What does annual cicada mean?
Annual cicada means any of various genera of cicadas that appear every summer (though with a life cycle typically spanning two to five years), distinguished from the periodical species that appear in large swarms every 13 or 17 years.
What part of speech is annual cicada?
Annual cicada is a noun.
What is the plural of annual cicada?
The plural of annual cicada is annual cicadas.

Words near annual cicada in the dictionary

  1. anns
  2. annual
  3. annual aberration
  4. annual aberrations
  5. annual accounts
  6. annual cicada
  7. annual cicadas
  8. annual general meeting
  9. annual general meetings
  10. annual leave
  11. annual meadow grass

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