dog-day cicada: its distinctive song is heard during July and August
cicada: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
foreign intelligence surveillance court: a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies