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1. (n.) katydid
any of several large, usu. green, long-horned American grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic strident song.
Etymology: (1745–55, Amer.; imit.)
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1. (noun) katydid
large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
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1. (noun) katydid
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
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