dog-day cicada

English

Noun

dog-day cicada (plural dog-day cicadas)

1. A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.

References

• “dogday”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.