- cicada, cicala - stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
--1 is a kind of homopterous insect, homopteran
--1 is a member of Cicadidae, family Cicadidae
--1 has particulars:dog-day cicada, harvest fly; seventeen-year locust, periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim