katydid

[ key-tee-did ]

noun

1. any of several large, usually green, American long-horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song.

katydid

/ ˈkeɪtɪˌdɪd /

noun

1. any typically green long-horned grasshopper of the genus Microcentrum and related genera, living among the foliage of trees in North America

Word History and Origins

Origin of katydid¹

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of katydid¹

C18: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

And at last Kiddie Katydid told him that it was Mr. Nighthawk that he had heard.

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The call consists of a series of short, high notes, somewhat reminiscent of a katydid's song.

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Once another man saw a row of katydid eggs laid as neatly as could be on the edge of a clean linen collar.

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But the stillness of the midsummer night had settled again, except for the voices of the whippoorwill and the katydid.

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That is a very rare form of a katydid, which lives only in the upper air.

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