SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST

Meaning of SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST in English

/sev"euhn teen"year'/

a cicada, Magicicada septendecim, of the eastern U.S., having nymphs that live in the soil, usually emerging in great numbers after 17 years in the North or 13 years in the South. Also called periodical cicada .

[ 1810-20 ]

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SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — noun Date: 1817 a cicada ( Magicicada septendecim ) of the United States that has in the North a life …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — noun : a cicada ( Magicicada septendecim ) common in eastern parts of the United States that has in the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — Date: 1817 : a cicada ( Magicicada septendecim ) of the United States that has in the North a life …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — Function: noun Date: 1817 : a cicada ( Magicicada septendecim ) of the U.S. that has in the North a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — [seventeen-year locust] n (1817): a cicada (Magicicada septendecim) of the U.S. that has in the North a life of seventeen …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — цикада семнадцатилетняя (Cicada septemdecim)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST — цикада семнадцатилетняя ( Cicada septemdecim )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SEVENTEEN — desisyete;napulog pito;napuloÆg usa pito
English-Visayan vocabulary
SEVENTEEN — noun Etymology: ~, adjective, from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontēne; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: 14th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOCUST — I Any of several species of grasshopper s (family Acrididae) that undergo population explosions and migrate long distances in destructive …
Английский словарь Британика
SEVENTEEN — I. |sevən.|tēn, -ev ə m|-, -eb ə m|- adjective Etymology: Middle English seventene, adjective & pron., from Old English seofontīene, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YEAR — ˈyi(ə)r, ˈyiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English gēar; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOCUST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
Английский словарь Webster
SEVENTEEN — (n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
SEVENTEEN — (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
Английский словарь Webster
LOCUST — (n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Английский словарь Webster
SEVENTEEN — ( n. ) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — ( n. ) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — ( a. ) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOCUST — ( n. ) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YEAR — /year/ , n. 1. a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — /sev"euhn teen"/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 7. 2. a symbol for this number, as 17 or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOCUST — — locustlike , adj. /loh"keuhst/ , n. 1. Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper . any of several grasshoppers of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — adj. being 17 in number
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LOCUST — n. grasshopper that has short antennae and migrates in swarms; cicada; North American tree; wood of the locust tree
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
YEAR — noun Etymology: Middle English yere, from Old English gēar; akin to Old High German jār year, Greek hōros year, hōra …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEVENTEEN — noun Etymology: seventeen, adjective, from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontēne; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOCUST — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French locuste, from Latin locusta Date: 14th century 1. : short-horned grasshopper ; especially : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YEAR — noun age, or old age; as, a man in years. 2. year ·noun the time in which any planet completes …
Webster English vocab
SEVENTEEN — noun a symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii. 2. seventeen ·adj one more than sixteen; ten and seven …
Webster English vocab
LOCUST — noun the locust tree. ·see locust tree (definition, note, and phrases). 2. locust ·noun any one of numerous species of …
Webster English vocab
SEVENTEEN — [sev.en.teen] n [seventeen, adj., fr. ME seventene, fr. OE seofontene; akin to OE tien ten] (14c): one more than sixteen …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOCUST — [lo.cust] n [ME, fr. L locusta] (14c) 1: short-horned grasshopper; esp: a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YEAR — time required for the Earth to travel once around the Sun, about 365 1/4 days. This fractional number makes necessary …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOCUST — in botany, any tree of the genus Robinia within the pea family (Fabaceae). About 20 species are known, all occurring …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEVENTEEN — seventeen BrE AmE ˌsev ə n ˈtiːn ◂ —In casual speech also ⇨ˌseb m- ▷ seventeen|s z ▷ seventeen|th/s θ/s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOCUST — locust BrE AmE ˈləʊk əst AmE \ ˈloʊk- ▷ locust|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
YEAR — / jɪə(r); jɜː(r); NAmE jɪr/ noun ( abbr. yr ) 1. (also ˌcalendar ˈyear ) [ C ] the period …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOCUST — / ˈləʊkəst; NAmE ˈloʊ-/ noun a large insect that lives in hot countries and flies in large groups, destroying all …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YEAR — year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ year ; adverb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEVENTEEN — sev ‧ en ‧ teen /ˌsev ə nˈtiːn◂/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: seofontiene , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEVENTEEN — Seventeen BrE AmE trademark a US magazine for ↑ teenage girls, containing pictures and articles about fashion, health, popular music, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YEAR — n. 1 (also astronomical year, equinoctial year, natural year, solar year, tropical year) the time occupied by the earth in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEVENTEEN — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten. 2 a symbol for this (17, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YEAR — n. 1 (also astronomical year, equinoctial year, natural year, solar year, tropical year) the time occupied by the earth in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten. 2 a symbol for this (17, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YEAR — n.1 (also astronomical year, equinoctial year, natural year, solar year, tropical year) the time occupied by the earth in one …
Oxford English vocab
SEVENTEEN — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten. 2 a symbol for this (17, …
Oxford English vocab
LOCUST — n.1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 US …
Oxford English vocab
YEAR — ( years) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A year is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — ( seventeens) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Seventeen is the number 17. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEVENTEEN — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Seventeen is the number 17. Jenny …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
YEAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 20/30 years etc of service ▪ Brian retired after 25 years of service to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEVENTEEN — number EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was seventeen when he won the Open championship belt for the first time. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOCUST — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plague of rats/locusts etc ▪ From Tracy Luv to Sarah-Lou, Corrie kids are as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YEAR — [noun] [C] - a period of twelve months, esp. from January 1st to December 31stAnnette worked in Italy for two …
Cambridge English vocab
SEVENTEEN — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 17sixteen, seventeen, eighteenThere are seventeen days to go till my birthday."How old are you?" …
Cambridge English vocab
LOCUST — [noun] [C] - a large type of grasshopper (= a winged insect with long back legs), esp. found in hot …
Cambridge English vocab
LOCUST — n. Any of several species of grasshopper s (family Acrididae) that undergo population explosions and migrate long distances in destructive …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOCUST — n. In botany, any of about 20 tree species in the genus Robinia of the pea family (see legume ), …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
YEAR — Synonyms and related words : abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, …
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