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Noun: cicada killer
  1. Large black or rust-coloured wasp that preys on cicadas
    "The cicada killer dragged its paralysed prey back to its burrow";
    - Sphecius speciosus

Derived forms: cicada killers

Type of: digger wasp

Part of: genus Sphecius, Sphecius

Encyclopedia: Cicada killer