cicala (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cicala*:
NOUN	animal	cicala, cicada	stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings

cicala > pronunciation
Sounds	sihkaa'lah
Rhymes	Abila ... Zola: 109 rhymes with lah...

English > *cicala*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
Synonym	cicada
Member of	Cicadidae, family Cicadidae	cicadas
Narrower	dog-day cicada, harvest fly	Its distinctive song is heard during July and August
Narrower	seventeen-year locust, periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim	North American cicada
Broader	homopterous insect, homopteran	insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
Spanish	chicharra, cicadidae, cicala, cigala, cigarra
Catalan	cicala, cigala

HyperDic: cicala