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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A homopterous insect of the family Cicadidæ; any harvest-fly or lyerman, as Cicada tibicen: so called from the jarring sound of their stridulation.

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  • “The tree-frog blew his alto horn; the jar-fly clashed his tinkling cymbals; the woodpecker rattled his kettledrum, and the locust jingled his tambourine.”

    Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales

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