resh cicada

English

Etymology

Partial calque of taxonomic name Megatibicen resh. From the character resh, either Aramaic 𐡓, Hebrew ר or Arabic ر, which resembles patterns commonly found on the thoraxes of members of this species.

Noun

resh cicada (plural resh cicadas)

  1. Megatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.
    Synonym: western dusk singing cicada

Coordinate terms

Megatibicen species
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