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Cicada vs Roach - What's the difference?

cicada | roach |

As proper nouns the difference between cicada and roach

is that cicada is while roach is .

cicada

English

(wikipedia cicada) (Cicadoidea)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent] well-veined wings.
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  • # The periodical cicada.
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  • #* {{quote-news, title=Magicidada coming to New Jersey on May 27, work=Hunterdon County Democrat,
    • date=May 16, year=2013, author=Laura Kroon, passage=Last year, the Brood I cicadas' were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The ' cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.}}

    Hyponyms

    * (periodical cicada) seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada

    Derived terms

    * hairy cicada

    See also

    * cricket * grasshopper * locust ----

    roach

    English

    (wikipedia roach)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) roche, of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae ), .

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • (US) A cockroach.
  • (US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • (UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
  • (nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
  • A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.

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