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What is a cicada?

What is a cicada? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
    1. The periodical cicada.
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Unless you are a cicada or a mosquito, Washington DC is not considered the destination of choice at this time of year.
When the cicada attacked, the mantis angled to the side and then pinned the cicada with its powerful forearms.
Tropical forests contain a huge variety of invertebrates, such as this cicada in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The chirp of a single Magicicada septendecim, a type of cicada, is hardly noticeable.
Although it may seem counterintuitive, periodical cicada populations have been shrinking and even disappearing.
The air was warm and the voices of cicada and other night insects called to each other.

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