periodical cicada

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periodical cicada

A cicada of the genus Magicicada of the eastern United States whose 17-year or 13-year life cycle consists almost entirely of a nymphal stage spent underground. Upon emerging from this stage, the periodical cicada transforms into a winged adult, mates, lays eggs, and dies shortly thereafter. Also called seventeen-year locust.

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periodical cicada - North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature

Magicicada septendecim, seventeen-year locust

cicada, cicala - stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

genus Magicicada, Magicicada - seventeen-year locust

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cicada cicala genus Magicicada insect Magicicada Magicicada septendecim seventeen-year locust			Effects of periodical cicada emergences on abundance and synchrony of avian populations. Food habits of mammals during an emergence of 17-year cicadas by Storm, Jonathan J.; Whitaker, John O., Jr. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Planet Earth (BBC1, 9pm) It takes some patience to capture the wonderful wildlife featured on PE and never more so than with American periodical cicadas who emerge as a plague once every 17 years. What to WATCH by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Also similar to salmon, there is a no overlap between the end of one periodical cicada generation and the beginning of the next. A plague of locusts: here comes Brood X by Clay, Keith / USA Today (Magazine)			period of interest period of play period of revolution period of time period pains period piece periodate periodic periodic acid periodic apnea of the newborn periodic attractor periodic breathing Periodic comet periodic edema periodic event periodic function periodic intelligence summary periodic law periodic motion periodic movement periodic sentence periodic system periodic table periodic tenancy periodical periodical cicada Periodical year periodicalist periodically Periodicalness periodicity Periodide periodization periodontal periodontal disease periodontia periodontic periodontics periodontist periodontitis Periodoscope Perioeci perionychium Periophthalmus Periople Perioplic Periosteal periosteum periostitis periostracum periotic			Periodic Table of the Elements: Ytterbium Periodic Table of the Elements: Yttrium Periodic Table of the Elements: Zinc Periodic Table of the Elements: Zirconium periodic tables periodic tables periodic tables Periodic Technical Survey Periodic Temporal Dependency Distance periodic tenancy periodic tenancy Periodic Test Periodic tiling Periodic tiling Periodic Time-Varying Conjugate Minimum Mean Squared Error Periodic Time-Varying Minimum Mean Squared Error Periodic Transfer Alignment Message Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem Periodic Vibration Measurement and Analysis Periodic Wall periodic wave Periodic Waveform period Periodic Waveform period periodical periodical periodical Periodical and Book Association of America Periodical and Book Publishers Association Periodical and Electronic Press Union Periodical Aromatic Odor periodical cicada periodical cicadas Periodical Contents Index Periodical Electric Square Waves Periodical function Periodical function Periodical Operating Notice Periodical Publishers Association Periodical Publishers' Service Bureau Periodical Source Index Periodical Writers Association of Canada Periodical year Periodicalist periodically periodically periodically periodically Periodically Gapped-Data Amplitude and Phase EStimation Periodically Nonuniform Coupled Microstrip Line Periodically Oscillating Plasma Sphere Periodically Perforated Ground Metal Periodically poled lithium niobate Periodically Poled Lithium Tantalate Periodically Poled Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Periodically Shifted Interleaved Memory Periodically-Gapped Discrete Fourier Transform Periodically-Loaded Nonlinear Transmission Line Periodicalness Periodicals Periodicals Periodicals

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