Magicicada
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”)+ Latin cicada.
Proper noun
Magicicada f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – some North America periodical cicadas, whose nymphs take 13 or 17 years to mature, so that the adults emerge in great numbers at infrequent intervals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Auchenorrhyncha – suborder; Cicadomorpha – infraorder; Cicadoidea – superfamily; Cicadidae – family; Cicadettinae – subfamily; Taphurini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Magicicada cassini, Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada septendecula, Magicicada tredecassini, Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada tredecula – species
Further reading
- Magicicada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Magicicada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Magicicada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons