But I don't miss the cicada-like noise that makes older Ducatis sound like they need a mechanic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aprilia Mana 850, BMW F800S and Ducati Monster 696] Reference

They develop into minute cicada-like jumping-lice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

Pear psylla is a cicada-like pest with a vexing tendency to develop resistance to insecticides.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Small gray cicada-like insects flew into the air and hovered; they all had long, feathery white tails, like tiny boas.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

Pear Pest's Chemical "Come Hither" Identified web July 2, 2010 Pear psylla is a cicada-like pest with a vexing tendency to develop resistance to insecticides.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun] Reference

Then he was conscious of the physical warmth of the sun, the faint sweet woods smells, the soothing caress of the breeze, the sleepy cicada-like note of the pine creeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Blazed Trail] Reference

Then Rangely possessed himself of a strange African instrument, a crooked gourd, hollowed and strung with twisted tree fibers, and joined to the notes of the mandolin, its weird, cicada-like harshness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pagans] Reference

And so, in the tight-knit world of securities lawyers who cycle in and out of government with cicada-like regularity, some are asking, Is Mary Schapiro tough enough to turn a disgraced agency upside down?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference

(06 / 30 / 2008) A newly discovered species of chameleon lives a cicada-like existence, spending the bulk of its short year-long life in its egg, report researchers writing in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mongabay.com News] Reference

She could have been a candidate for the Giants this year if incumbent GM Brian Sabean had not restocked his farm system with one of the top drafts in major league baseball this summer and drafted Filipino American top pitching Cy Young award candidate PRESIDENTIAL BUG: That cicada-like critter comes out every four years nips.    From Wordnik.com.  [AsianWeek] Reference