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Periodical Cicada

Definition: Periodical Cicada

Periodical Cicada

Noun

1. North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13' to 17' years to mature.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Periodical Cicada

Synonym: seventeen-year locust (n). (additional references)

Image Slideshow: Periodical Cicada

Alternative Orthography: Periodical Cicada

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 69 6F 64 69 63 61 6C 43 69 63 61 64 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101001 01100011 01100001 01100100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#111 &#100 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#100 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 0069 0063 0061 006C 0043 0069 0063 0061 0064 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

507184758170756967782377569677067

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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