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Katydid

Ka′ty-didˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (
Cyrtophyllus concavus
) of the family
Locustidæ
, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.

Definition 2024


katydid

katydid

English

Noun

katydid (plural katydids)

  1. A type of grasshopper, in the family Tettigoniidae.

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  1. katydid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).