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seventeen-year locust

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sev·en·teen-year locust (svn-tnyîr)
n.
See periodical cicada.
seventeen-year locust
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an E North American cicada, Magicicada septendecim, appearing in great numbers at infrequent intervals because its nymphs take 13 or 17 years to mature Also called periodical cicada
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Noun1.seventeen-year locustseventeen-year locust - North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature
Magicicada septendecim, periodical cicada
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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It was beset by a throng of promoters and stock-jobbers, who fell upon it and upon the public like a swarm of seventeen-year locusts.
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