cicala
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cicala
< Italian < Latin cicāda cicada
Example Sentences
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A cicala in the grass outside began his evening note of challenge.
From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.
A silence fell upon the party, so profound that the cicala in the dry hedge shrilled to pierce the ear.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
You are to hear a voice that puts to silence all others, as the trumpet the flute, as the cicala the bee, as the choir the tuning-fork.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
The sound of the river and of the cicala is all the noise we hear.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
He seemed to ask for nothing better than to stroll through orange groves, or lie under some spreading fig-tree, drowsily soothed by the song of the vine-dresser, or the unwearied chirp of the cicala.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
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