Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun seventeen-year_locust

1 sense of seventeen-year locust

Sense 1
seventeen-year locust, periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim -- (North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature)
       => cicada, cicala -- (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)