cicadas
- plural of cicada.
Example Sentences
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Cicadas are touchy, and will only burst out of the ground once the soil temperatures about 6 inches deep reach around 64 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
Cicadas also contain fats, carbohydrates and a number of organic compounds, providing a complexity that makes them more interesting as ingredients.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
And the next morning, “it’s like Christmas. It’s like getting trillions of presents. Cicadas will just be everywhere.”
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2024
Cicadas drink 300 times their body weight in xylem, a nutrient-poor plant sap, each day.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024
Cicadas and crickets sang farewell to the sun slipping toward the west.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
