ci·ca·da

[si-key-duh, -kah-]
noun, plural ci·ca·das, ci·ca·dae [-dee] .
any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cicāda

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cicada or cicala (sɪˈkɑːdə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -das, -dae, -las, -le
any large broad insect of the homopterous family Cicadidae, most common in warm regions. Cicadas have membranous wings and the males produce a high-pitched drone by vibration of a pair of drumlike abdominal organs
 
[C19: from Latin]
 
cicala or cicala (sɪˈkɑːdə, -diː, -leɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
[C19: from Latin]

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Cicada is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

cicada
early 15c., from L., lit. "tree cricket."
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Example sentences
Cicada casings stuck to its bark and my cousin laughed as he picked them off
  and chased me with them.
Usually they eat small insects, but sometimes you can see them catch a
  butterfly or a cicada.
Scientists are still trying to crack this and other cicada mysteries.
Occasionally large ground-nesting species such as cicada killers construct
  nests in dense aggregations.
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