Cicada and Locust

Cicada

Cicada noun - Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
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Synonyms for Cicada

Locust and cicada are semantically related In some cases you can use "Locust" instead a noun "Cicada".

Locust

Locust noun - Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.
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Synonyms for Locust

Cicada and locust are semantically related in insect topic. You can use "Cicada" instead a noun "Locust".

Nearby Word: locus

Both words in one sentence

  • Japanese Beetle Brothers The second group, which were mainly toy-only, had Barrage as the rhino beetle and Chop Shop as the stag; along with Venom the cicada and Ransack the locust.
  • Even though everyone calls arthropods "bugs", the Hemiptera (true bugs) are largely ignored, unless you see a cicada that's not being treated as a locust.
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