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Tibicen

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tībīcen m (“piper, flautist”), likely due to the loud noise cicadas of this genus tend to make.

Proper noun

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Tibicen m

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas, now mostly in the genus Lyristes.

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