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seventeen-year locust

seventeen-year locust noun: certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.

Noun

seventeen-year locust (plural seventeen-year locusts)

  1. Certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.

Forms of seventeen-year locust

pluralseventeen-year locusts

Questions about seventeen-year locust

What does seventeen-year locust mean?
Seventeen-year locust means certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.
What part of speech is seventeen-year locust?
Seventeen-year locust is a noun.
What is the plural of seventeen-year locust?
The plural of seventeen-year locust is seventeen-year locusts.

Words near seventeen-year locust in the dictionary

  1. sevensome
  2. sevensomes
  3. Sevenstones
  4. seventeen
  5. seventeen hundred
  6. seventeen-year locust
  7. seventeen-year locusts
  8. seventeenfold
  9. seventeenish
  10. seventeenness
  11. seventeenpence

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