seventeen-year locust
seventeen-year locust · seventeen-year locusts
Certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the…Certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.
Meaning
1 sensesCertain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.
More definitions
- North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
Forms
plural: seventeen-year locusts| Singular | seventeen-year locust |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature:periodical cicadaMagicicada septendecim