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katydid

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ka·ty·did  (kt-dd)
n.
Any of various green insects of the family Tettigoniidae related to the grasshoppers and the crickets, the male of which produces a shrill sound by rubbing together specialized organs on the forewings.
[Imitative of its sound.]
katydid [ˈkeɪtɪˌdɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any typically green long-horned grasshopper of the genus Microcentrum and related genera, living among the foliage of trees in North America
[of imitative origin]
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Noun1.katydidkatydid - 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
Anabrus simplex, mormon cricket - large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States
Translations
katydid
n → Laubheuschrecke f


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The house retains its evil reputation, but the replanted vine is as orderly and well-behaved a vegetable as a nervous person could wish to sit under of a pleasant night, when the katydids grate out their immemorial revelation and the distant whippoorwill signifies his notion of what ought to be done about it.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The full moon was about three hours above the eastern horizon; the entire countryside had the solemn stillness of a summer night; our footfalls and the ceaseless song of the katydids were the only sound aloof.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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