Definition of "cicadas" [cicadas]

• Plural form of cicada. (noun)

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• "We wallowed in the refreshing water for at least a half hour, ignoring the algae and an amicable choir of frogs that sang in concert with cicadas from the other side of the pond."
• "The shrill, sustained chirp of the cicadas is the only sound."
• "But they worry for her anyway, this girl all they have left in the world, and sometimes, hazy grey evenings when the cicadas are a little quieter than they should be or her mother doesn't like the look of the stars rising over the trees, Dancy carries her grandmother's crucifix in the bib pocket of her overalls, near her heart, and maybe a sprig of pennyroyal or dried angelica root wrapped in a white cotton handkerchief, as well."