Tettigoniid

//ˌtɛtɪˈɡəʊniɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush-crickets.

    "Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family."

  2. 2
    grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male wordnet

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"Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family."

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