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cicad

cicad is the alternative form of cicada.

Meaning of cicada

Noun

cicada (plural cicadas or cicadae or (archaic) cicadæ)

  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
    • Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 172
    1. The periodical cicada.
      • The emergence years of the principal cicada broods have now been recorded for a long time, and the oldest record of a swarm is that of the appearance of the “locusts” in New England two hundred and ninety-five years ago.2011, Robert Evans Snodgrass, Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living, page 217

Noun capitalized: CICAD

CICAD (plural CICADs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Concise International Chemical Assessment Document.

Forms of cicad

pluralcicads
pluralCICADs

Questions about cicad

What is cicad the alternative form of?
Cicad is the alternative form of cicada.
What part of speech is cicad?
Cicad is a noun.
What is the plural of cicad?
The plural of cicad is cicads.

Words near cicad in the dictionary

  1. cibouls
  2. Cibrian
  3. Cibrians
  4. CIC
  5. CICA
  6. cicad
  7. cicada
  8. cicada case
  9. cicada cases
  10. cicada hawk
  11. cicada hawks

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