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resh cicada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
resh -ci-ca-da
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Megatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.

Etymology

Partial calque of taxonomic name Megatibicen resh. From the character resh, either Aramaic 𐡓, Hebrew ר or Arabic ر, which resembles patterns commonly found on the thoraxes of members of this species.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 𐡓, ר, ر

Inflected Forms

resh cicadas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

giant oak cicada northern dusk-singing cicada southern oak cicada grand western flood-plain cicada plains cicada bush cicada giant grassland cicada fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada

Synonyms

western dusk singing cicada

Questions

What does resh cicada mean?
Megatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.
Where does resh cicada come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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