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seventeen-year locust
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seventeen-year locust: see cicada cicada , large, noise-producing insect of the order Homoptera, with a stout body, a wide, blunt head, protruding eyes, and two pairs of membranous wings. The front wings, which are longer than the rear pair, extend beyond the insect's abdomen.
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Indiana during an emergence of 17-year cicadas (Cicadidae; Magicicada spp.
Food habits of mammals during an emergence of 17-year cicadas by Storm, Jonathan J.; Whitaker, John O., Jr. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
This spring has been noteworthy because Magicicada Brood X--popularly known as the periodical cicada--emerged after waiting underground for seventeen years.
Washington copes with Cicadas while TEI buzzes with technical ... by Tax Executive
The two Magicicada -decim "sound like a flying saucer," she says, giving a breathy, whirring whistle.
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