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English, 18.11.2020 19:00, ahoney2233

Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Researchers are especially interested in . . . periodical cicadas; these insects live only in this part of the world, and they appear just once every 17 years, on the dot.

Why has the author chosen to use the figurative phrase on the dot?

a
to highlight their specific and extraordinary life cycles
b
to describe the small holes made by cicadas as they hatch
c
to suggest the amazing regularity of when they will emerge
d
to identify the precise location where they may be seen
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