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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cicada /sɪˈkɑːdə/

▶noun a large bug with long transparent wings, the males of which make a loud shrill droning noise after dark. [Family Cicadidae: many species.]

– origin ME: from L. cicada, cicala.

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