huìgū

蟪蛄

Word · NounTraditional喙蛄

type of cicada; insect name

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

a type of cicada with a long proboscis, short purple-green body with black stripes, and wings with black spots

technical

This is a technical/biological term for a specific insect, not commonly used in everyday conversation.

Shēng生
wù物
xué学
jiā家
zài在
yǔ雨
lín林
zhōng中
fā发
xiàn现
le了
yī一
zhǒng种
hǎn罕
jiàn见
de的
huì喙
gū蛄
 。

Biologists discovered a rare type of cicada in the rainforest.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
huì喙
gū蛄
de的
jiào叫
shēng声
hěn很
tè特
bié别
 。

The call of this cicada species is very distinctive.