cicada

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an insect. See locust.

1895. G. Metcalfe, `Australian Zoology,' p. 62:

«The Cicada is often erroneously called a locust. . . . It isremarkable for the loud song, or chirruping whirr, of the malesin the heat of summer; numbers of them on the hottest daysproduce an almost deafening sound.»

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