Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evening cicada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: evening -ci-ca-da
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of cicada, Tanna japonensis, having a shrill call that can be heard most often in the morning and evening.

Inflected Forms

evening cicadas (plural) evening cicadae (plural)

Questions

What does evening cicada mean?: A species of cicada, Tanna japonensis, having a shrill call that can be heard most often in the morning and evening.

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