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seventeen-year locust

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en-teen-year lo-cust
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.

Inflected Forms

seventeen-year locusts (plural)

Synonyms

periodical cicada magicicada septendecim

Questions

What does seventeen-year locust mean?
Certain periodical cicadas, of genus Magicauda, a brood of which was to emerge in the US in 2024, together with a brood of thirteen-year cicadas, such co-emergence occurring only once in more than 200 years.

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