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dog-day cicadas

dog-day cicadas is the plural of dog-day cicada.

Meaning of dog-day cicada

Noun

dog-day cicada (plural dog-day cicadas)

  1. A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.

Questions about dog-day cicadas

What is dog-day cicadas the plural of?
Dog-day cicadas is the plural of dog-day cicada.

Words near dog-day cicadas in the dictionary

  1. dog-cherries
  2. dog-cherry
  3. dog-child
  4. dog-children
  5. dog-day cicada
  6. dog-day cicadas
  7. dog-doo
  8. dog-ear
  9. dog-eared
  10. dog-earedness
  11. dog-earing

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