jardon

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 561

(F. pron. zhiir-don’),n. [F., Same as jarde. jar-fly (jar’fli), ». A homopterous insect of the family Cicadide; any harvest-fly or lyerman, as Cicada tibicen: so called from the jarring sound of their stridulation.