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Katydid

//ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae US

    "I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close."

  2. 2
    large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings wordnet

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. * katydid song: (file)

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