cicala
Americannoun
plural
cicalas,plural
cicalenoun
Etymology
Origin of cicala
< Italian < Latin cicāda cicada
Example Sentences
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The cicala, too, in the long deep grass, All day sings happily, And I'd venture to swear He has never a care For the odious rule of three.
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
A cicala hidden in the heart of a pomegranate flower sang shrilly now and again.
From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace
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
They had not gone far from the capital ere they plunged into a deep, dark, silent forest—silent save for the strangely monotonous song of the cicala, and so for miles, and so for many leagues.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon
The blue campanula of the mountain in reverence bowed its head; the great white lily distilled incense from its deep heart; the cicala shrilled aloud; the Forsaken Bird gave a long note from the thicket.
From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace
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