periodical cicada

Noun periodical cicada has 1 sense

• periodical cicada(n = noun.animal) magicicada septendecim, seventeen-year locust - North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature; Array
is a kind of cicada, cicala
is a member of genus magicicada, magicicada