MAGICICADA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Magicicada mean? 

• MAGICICADA (noun)
  The noun MAGICICADA has 1 sense:

1. seventeen-year locust

  Familiarity information: MAGICICADA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGICICADA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seventeen-year locust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Magicicada; Magicicada

Hypernyms ("Magicicada" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Magicicada"):

Magicicada septendecim; periodical cicada; seventeen-year locust (North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature)

Holonyms ("Magicicada" is a member of...):

Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)