cicad
(ˈsɪkæd)
Anglicized form of cicada.
| 1855 Singleton Virgil I. 164 With their chirp The plaintful cicads shall the vine-trees rend. 1887 Forbes Insulinde 23 The song of the cicads. 1920 Edin. Rev. Oct. 338 The homopterous hosts are leaf-hoppers and other small insects (allied to cicads). |