English Explanatory Dictionary

seventeen-year locust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

seventeen-year locust seventeen-year locusts
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