dog-day cicada
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dog-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.