periodical cicada (English spelling)

Japanese: periodical cicada(英語表記)periodicalcicada
periodical cicada (English spelling)

…An insect of the order Hemiptera, Cicadaidae. This group is also called periodical cicadas because they appear in cycles of 17 or 13 years. There are three known species of 13-year and 17-year cicadas, and this species is one of the latter.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "periodical cicada" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…半翅目セミ科の昆虫。この仲間は17年または13年という周期で出現することから周期ゼミperiodical cicadaとも呼ばれる。13年型,17年型のセミはそれぞれ3種が知られ,本種は後者の中の1種である。…

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