cicala
noun
cicale
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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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We have a row of plane trees before the door in which the cicale sing all day, and the beautiful mountains stand close around, keeping us fresh with shadows.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
We visited Lebanon, and in its grove reposed under the few remaining cedars, listened to the cry of the cicale, and watched the birds of brilliant plumage flitting from branch to branch.
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
Close to her ear a cicale chirped, monotonously bright; far off, from every hill, the frogs began their evening singing.
From What Not A Prophetic Comedy by Dame Rose Macaulay
A dry cicale chirps to a lass making hay, “Why creak’st thou, Tithonus?” quoth she.
From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn
Their house among the hills was shut in by a row of plane-trees in which by day the cicale were shrill; at evening fireflies lit up their garden.
From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden
