Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae

    Laubheuschrecke

    кузне́чикkuznéčik

More definitions
  • large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A katydid's ears are in its knees.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae:

Origin

Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by str

Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.

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Forms

plural: katydids
Singularkatydid
Pluralkatydids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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