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Definition 2024
Magicicada
Magicicada
Translingual
Proper noun
Magicicada f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – some North America cicadas, whose nymphs take 13 or 17 years to mature, so that the adults emerge in great numbers at infrequent intervals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia, Pterygota, Metapterygota, Neoptera, Eumetabola, Paraneoptera - clades; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Auchenorrhyncha - suborder; Cicadomorpha - infraorder; Cicadoidea - superfamily; Cicadidae - family; Cicadettinae - subfamily; Taphurini - tribe