cicala
Americannoun
plural
cicalas,plural
cicalenoun
Etymology
Origin of cicala
< Italian < Latin cicāda cicada
Example Sentences
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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
There is nothing which indicates that he cares for nature in any of its phases, and he calls the cicala a locust.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
What would the dry cicala know of noontide?
From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)
Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill,35 And the bees keep their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the hill.
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill And the bees keep their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the hill.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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