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Katydid

Katydid Meaning & Definition
Katydid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Katydid?

[n] large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

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See Also | Anabrus simplex | genus Microcentrum | long-horned grasshopper | Microcentrum | mormon cricket | tettigoniid

Katydid In Webster's Dictionary

\Ka"ty*did`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect ({Cyrtophyllus concavus}) of the family {Locustid[ae]}, 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.

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