Definitions for katydidˈkeɪ ti dɪd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ka•ty•didˈkeɪ ti dɪd(n.)
any of several large, usu. green, long-horned American grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic strident song.
Category: Entomology
Origin of katydid:
1745–55, Amer.; imit.
Princeton's WordNet
katydid(noun)
large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
Wiktionary
katydid(Noun)
A type of grasshopper, scientific name Tettigoniidae.
Webster Dictionary
Katydid(noun)
a large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
KATYDID
A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"katydid." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/katydid>.