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ci·ca·la

(sĭ-kä′lə)

n. Archaic

A cicada.

[Italian, from Latin cicāda.]

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cicala

(sɪˈkɑːlə; Italian tʃiˈkala)

n, pl -las or -le (-leɪ; Italian -le)

(Animals) another name for cicada

[C19: from Italian, from Latin: cicada]

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cicala - stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

cicada

homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings

Cicadidae, family Cicadidae - cicadas

dog-day cicada, harvest fly - its distinctive song is heard during July and August

Magicicada septendecim, periodical cicada, seventeen-year locust - North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature

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Everything that lived or grew, was oppressed by the glare; except the lizard, passing swiftly over rough stone walls, and the cicala, chirping his dry hot chirp, like a rattle.

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(1.) Turiel M, Sitia S, Tomasoni L, Cicala S, Atzeni F, Gianturco L, et al.

Recent-onset of rheumatoid arthritis leads to increase in wall thickness of left anterior descending coronary artery: An evidence of subclinical coronary artery disease

262-263; "Mercurio de' Filosofi si appella a distintione del Mercurio del volgo", Panegirico della cicala di Anacreonte, overo il ritratto del savio stoico del Marchese Giovanni Pindemonte, Giovan Battista Merlo, Verona, 1673, p.

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It is a man-made crisis, plaintiff's attorney Joanne Cicala, whose office is based in Texas, said in a press release.

Two municipalities sue over opioid crisis

Health Care: Minimum Medical Loss Ratios," by Steve Cicala, Ethan M.J.

Health Insurance

* Steve Cicala, University of Chicago and NBER; Ethan Lieber, University of Notre Dame; and Victoria R.

Health Care

Recent research has discussed that the sales interaction starts at the moment when a salesperson initiates communication with a potential customer (Cicala et al., 2012).

Self-image congruence: an empirical look at consumer behavior in door-to-door sales!

electrical grid, Steve Cicala estimates that these new markets reduced aggregate electricity generation costs by $3 billion a year.

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Tra i recenti studi reboriani caratterizzati da un'impronta prevalentemente filologico-documentaria vanno ricordati almeno quelli di Attilio Bettinzoli e Roberto Cicala. Sul piano ermeneutico, meno frequentato, rimane utile la pur datata monografia di Del Serra (1976).

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Cicala, "Il centro di taglio nei solidi cilindrici," Atti Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (serie Fisica), vol.

On Torsion of Functionally Graded Elastic Beams

Cicala, "Weak peristalsis with large break is associated with high acid exposure and delayed reflux clearance in the supine position in GERD patients," American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol.

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Cicala, "Maintenance treatment with infliximab for the management of Crohn's disease in adults," Biologics, vol.