dog-day cicada
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dog-day cicada (plural dog-day cicadas)
- A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.
References[edit]
- “dogday”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.