noun
- large insects with transparent wings that make loud buzzing sounds, especially in summer
Usage: plural of cicada
Examples
- The cicadas emerged from underground after seventeen years.
- We could hear cicadas buzzing loudly in the oak trees.
- Cicadas shed their shells when they molt into adults.
- The summer evening was filled with the sound of cicadas.
- Billions of cicadas appeared across the eastern United States.
- Children collected the empty cicada shells from tree bark.