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): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Auchenorrhyncha - suborder; Cicadomorpha - infraorder; Cicadoidea - superfamily; Cicadidae - family; Cicadettinae - subfamily; Taphurini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Magicicada cassini, Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada septendecula, Magicicada tredecassini, Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada tredecula - species

Further reading

Magicicada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Magicicada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Magicicada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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