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C septendecim
Cicada Ci*ca"da (s[i^]*k[=a]"d[.a]), n.; pl. E. Cicadas (-d[.a]z), L. Cicad[ae] (-d[=e]). [L.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

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- Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh cicada or the 17-year locust, is native to Canada and the United States and is the largest and most...
- late Dr. Joseph Leidy, who in 1851 found from 12 to 20 specimens of C. septendecim "which though living had the posterior third of the abdominal contents...
- – via Internet Archive. Marlatt, C.L (1907). "Brood XIV—Septendecim". The Periodical Cicada (71 ed.). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture...
- scientific paper on the North American 17-year periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim. Kalm wrote an account of his travels that was translated into numerous...
- to apply to IIIXX and IIIC, since the Latin words for 17 and 97 were septendecim (seven ten) and nonaginta septem (ninety seven), respectively. The ROMAN()...
- calling for mates. Brood V consists of three species of 17-year cicadas: Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada c****ini, and Magicicada septendecula. Brood V...
- 11.17 Caesar, B.C. 3.9 Livy, 36.3 Livy, 22.54 Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary. Allen & Greenough (1903), New Latin Grammar, §137. C. G. Zumpt, "A Grammar...
- but seems to be most closely related to the 17-year species Magicicada septendecim. Both species are distinguished by broad orange stripes on the abdomen...
- Bureau of Entomology. 18: 59-78. Marlatt, C.L (1898). The Periodical Cicada: An Account of Cicada Septendecim, Its Natural Enemies and the Means of Preventing...
- Tragaediae septem **** commentariis, Sophocles, August 1502. Tragoediae septendecim, Euripides, February 1503. Fastorum...libri, de tristibus..., de ponto...