Cicada, n. The largest of the gerbua kind which are tobe found in the ancient continent do not exceed the size of arabbit. With its bill, which is like a duck's but narrower, itburrows into an ant's-hill, and then with its long, whip-like,sticky tongue, draws the ants into its mouth by hundreds. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discoveryand Exploration of Australia,' vol.
stigmaticus, Gould. 3: To use a football phrase, they all to a man `barrack' for theBritish Lion. Theword is from the Greek notos, south, and 'ornis,bird. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule':[Close Season.