- sev|en|teen-year locust
- sev|en|teen-year locust «SEHV uhn TEEN YIHR»,a cicada of the United States that requires from thirteen to seventeen years to develop from egg to adult; periodical cicada. The larva burrows underground and feeds on roots, emerging to live a short time as an adult. »
Seventeen-year locusts…climb trees in the summer and produce a lonesome continuous singing (A. M. Winchester).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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seventeen-year locust — /sev euhn teen year / a cicada, Magicicada septendecim, of the eastern U.S., having nymphs that live in the soil, usually emerging in great numbers after 17 years in the North or 13 years in the South. Also called periodical cicada. [1810 20] * * … Universalium
seventeen-year locust — ☆ seventeen year locust [sev′ən tēn΄yir΄ ] n. a cicada (Magicicada septendecim) which lives underground as a larva for from thirteen to seventeen years before emerging as an adult to live in the open for a brief period … English World dictionary
seventeen-yearlocust — sev·en·teen year locust (sĕvʹən tēn yîr ) n. See periodical cicada. * * * … Universalium
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