Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cicada killer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: ci-cada killer
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.

noun

Any wasp in the genus Sphecius, which also hunt cicadas.

Inflected Forms

cicada killers (plural)

Synonyms

cicada hawk sand hornet sphecius speciosus

Questions

What does cicada killer mean?: Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.

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