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catydid

catydid is the alternative form of katydid.

Meaning of katydid

Noun

katydid (plural katydids)

  1. (US) A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
    • I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close.1889, Charles Conrad Abbott, Days Out of Doors, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 194

Forms of catydid

pluralcatydids

Questions about catydid

What is catydid the alternative form of?
Catydid is the alternative form of katydid.

Words near catydid in the dictionary

  1. catworm
  2. catworms
  3. catwort
  4. Catworth
  5. Caty
  6. catydid
  7. catydids
  8. catylist
  9. catywampus
  10. Catz
  11. catànies

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