Magicicada
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”)+ Latin cicada.
Proper noun
editMagicicada 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
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Magicicada cassini, Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada septendecula, Magicicada tredecassini, Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada tredecula - species
Further reading
edit- Magicicada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Magicicada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Magicicada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons