Definition of katydid Katydid
/kejˈtidɪˌd/ - [keyteedid] - ka•ty•did
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What does katydid mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: katydids |
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| katydid - large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings | ||
| long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male | ||
| genus microcentrum, microcentrum katydids | ||
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Wiktionary 
- katydid (Noun)
A type of grasshopper, scientific name Tettigoniidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- katydid (n.)
A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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katydid
kā-ti-did′, n. an American insect akin to the grasshopper. [Imit. of its note.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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katydid
A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs.
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🔤- katydid, noun, singular of katydids.
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