katydid
noun
any of several large, usually green, American long-horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song.
katydids
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pluralof katydid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Zookeepers will need to coax every bird, reptile, fish and mammal - from the largest rodents in the world to the greenest katydids - to the weighing scale.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Pink katydids have been recorded in scientific literature since 1878, but they have usually been viewed as rare and disadvantageous mutations.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026
“Even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2023
To generate chirps, crickets and katydids rub their forewings together, scraping a toothy vein against a smooth counterpart on the other wing, similar to a spoon raking a washboard.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
“Of course it’s true. What’s so peculiar about that? You ought to see where my cousins the crickets and the katydids keep theirs.”
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
