dog-day cicada

English

Noun

dog-day cicada (plural dog-day cicadas)

A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.

References

“dogday”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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