"periodical cicada" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: periodical cicadas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} periodical cicada (plural periodical cicadas)
  1. Any of certain species of cicadas, especially in genus Magicicada, which are known for their 17- and 13-year life-cycles, during most of which they develop underground, emerging in large numbers for a short time as large and audible adults, all those emerging in a year constituting a brood. Wikipedia link: periodical cicada Categories (lifeform): Cicadas Hypernyms: cicada Hyponyms: seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada Related terms: eclosion Translations (cicada of the genus Magicicada): seitsentoistavuotiskaskas (Finnish)

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