Synonyms for periodical cicada
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 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.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- cicada