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Cicala

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A cicada.

    "The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song […]"

  2. 2
    stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian cicala and Occitan cicala. Doublet of cicada.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Cicala.

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