cicadae
- plural of cicada.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly the jungle was stilled, even from the voice of the rasping cicadae; the leaves had ceased to whisper, for the wind had hushed.
From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander
How delightful is the breeze:—so very sweet; and there is a sound in the air shrill and summerlike which makes answer to the chorus of the cicadae.
From Phaedrus by Jowett, Benjamin
Yet perhaps with sunflowers and cicadae, summer and winter, cattle, wife and family, the settler may create a full and various existence.
From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It was in the month of August; and the whole countryside was ringing with the song of the cicadae.
From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard
Wherever it appeared, moreover, the red-eyed cicadae were in abundance.
