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tettixes

tettixes is the plural of tettix.

Meaning of tettix

Noun

tettix (plural tettixes)

  1. A cicada, especially in Greece.
    • [T]he Tettix or Cicada in the day time is extremely troubleſome. It is a brown inſect reſembling a chafer, with wings much longer than its body, and thin like thoſe of a fly. […] Dionyſius of Syracuſe ſignified his reſolution to burn and lay waſte the territory of a people, with whom he had a...1776, Richard Chandler, “chapter LXXXII”, in Travels in Asia Minor: Or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, 2nd edition, London: Sold by J[ames] Dodsley, J[ames]...

Questions about tettixes

What is tettixes the plural of?
Tettixes is the plural of tettix.

Words near tettixes in the dictionary

  1. tettigoniids
  2. tettigonioid
  3. tettigonioids
  4. tettish
  5. tettix
  6. tettixes
  7. tetty
  8. Tetum
  9. Tetyana
  10. Tetzcoco
  11. Tetzlaff

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