A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha. From Wordnik.com. [Realistic Cicada Husk Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference
They were all back there — Liat and Maati and Kirath and Tuui and Epani who everyone called the cicada behind his back. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
"USA Today" has a story about something experts are calling cicada envy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2004] Reference
Ken Parsons and Derek Bridges sent me a video clip and neither knows the source of the odd "cicada" sound. From Wordnik.com. [Earthfiles.com Articles] Reference
The birds and cicada bugs chirped from everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
Thus, perhaps, the cicada soundtrack at Terrapin ...?. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Terrapin Station"] Reference
Somewhere, a cicada started to rasp, dry and rhythmic. From Wordnik.com. [Madam Will You Talk]
The large and singing cicada is by some designated the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
MENNINGER: That is a cicada, with its wings spread out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2004] Reference
Once the female cicada comes above ground, she mates. From Wordnik.com. [purplecigar Diary Entry] Reference
HEMMER: Is that a cicada on your T-shirt that I see, Holly?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2004] Reference
COOPER: Will you do your imitation again of a cicada dying?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2004] Reference
The hot evening cicada call lingering in the ear, then gone. From Wordnik.com. [Silver Spring to Phoenix] Reference
It is made by the cicada, an insect very common in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Marchat put up his hand, palm out, and the cicada stopped whining. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
By the way I fear for Freddy Adu's safety during the cicada invasion. From Wordnik.com. [Kornheiser vs. Adu, again] Reference
CAFFERTY: We were speculating on what it must be like to be a cicada. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2004] Reference
In the drooping clusters of olives a cicada whispered gently to itself. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
I can hear it make some kind of noise that almost sounds like a cicada. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
Pruning of weakened twigs is recommended for wood injured by the cicada. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
A cicada began its shrill note close by, chirping with maddening persistency. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
Other examples include lute players, cicada catchers, wheelwrights and logicians. From Wordnik.com. [Taoism] Reference
People were embraced and imprisoned in the remorseless rhythms of the cicada call. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Vlahos: America: Enemy of Change, Midwife of the Future] Reference
The brown thing is the shell, and the white thing is the cicada after it came out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2004] Reference
And all across America, a boisterous army from the underworld -- the cicada invasion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2004] Reference
Athens I shall see no more; I'm an old summer cicada now, a bad voyage would kill me. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
CAFFERTY: And somehow it's like if you don't have a cicada, then you have cicada envy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2004] Reference
Our cicada fishing rivals that of any other river in the country and happens most years. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Gunn's Lee's Ferry Summer Trout Forecast] Reference
Cephalenia there is a river on one side of which the cicada is found and not on the other. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
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
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