dog-day cicada
English
editNoun
editdog-day cicada (plural dog-day cicadas)
- A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.
References
edit- “dogday”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.