Definition of Tibicen

1. Noun. Harvest flies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Tibicen
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cicadidae, Family Cicadidae
Member holonyms: Dog-day Cicada, Harvest Fly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibicen

Tibetan
Tibetan Autonomous Region
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Mastiffs
Tibetan antelope
Tibetan fox
Tibetan foxes
Tibetan mastiff
Tibetan script
Tibetan terrier
Tibetans
Tibeto-
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman language
Tibicen (current term)
Tibur
Tiburon
Tichodroma
Tichodroma muriaria
Ticino
Ticonderoga
Tiddledy Winks
Tiddley Winks
Tidewater
Tidley Winks
Tiedemann's nerve
Tien-pao
Tien Shan

Literary usage of Tibicen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"On our Island its place is taken in point of numbers, by Cicada tibicen L., (C.pruinosa Say), ... Cicada tibicen L., also sings after dark on warm nights, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"This species appears to be closely allied to, if not identical with, Holacanthus tibicen, superficially described by Cuvier. a, b. Fine specimens. Amboyna. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"... superficially described by Cuvier. a, 6. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 9. Holacanthus tibicen. Cur. 4- Vol. vii. p. 173. ..."

4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1907)
"In referring to my ' Catalogue of the Cicadidae,' he writes :—" On p. 146, Cicada ungulata, Hagen, is cited as a synonym of Tibicen annulatus ; on p. ..."

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