cicala
noun
cicalas
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pluralof cicala.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the vast flood of midday sunshine, to the quivering noise of the cicalas, I mount to Diou-djen-dji.
From Madame Chrysantheme — Complete by Pierre Loti
The octagon tower casts a shade Cool and gray like a cutlass blade; In sun-baked vines the cicalas spin, The little green lizards run out and in.
From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Amy Lowell
The cicalas helped the heat; and the yelling jackals the cicalas.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling
In the valley resounded the ceaseless whirr of the cicalas, answering each other from one shore to another; the mountains reëchoed with innumerable sounds; the whole country seemed to vibrate like crystal.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
In the vast flood of midday sunshine, to the quivering noise of the cicalas, I mount up to Diou-djen-dji.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
