katydid
US/ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/
katydid noun: a cricket of the family Tettigoniidae.
Noun
katydid (plural katydids)
- 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
- A centurion who resembled a katydid waved something that looked like a pop-up toaster, and the next thing I knew, my laser melted, my shields were Play-Doh, and some kind of high energy plasma blasted me all the way down to Level 6. I fought my way back okay, but this time my path was blocked by...2019, Gordon Korman, Level 13: A Slacker Novel, Scholastic Press, page 114
- Synonyms:
- bush-cricket, tettigoniid
katydid meaning in Tamil and Arabic
katydid in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்
katydid in Arabic
- orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae
- جُخْدَب juḵdab, جُخْدُب juḵdub, حَرْجَل ḥarjal, حَرْجُوَان ḥarjuwān
Synonyms of katydid
Forms of katydid
| plural | katydids |
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Origin of katydid
Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. * katydid song: (file)
Words formed from katydid
- angular-winged katydid
- false katydid
- fork-tailed bush katydid
- juniper bush katydid
- leaf katydid
- round-headed katydid
Questions about katydid
- What does katydid mean?
- Katydid means a cricket of the family Tettigoniidae.
- What is katydid in Tamil?
- Katydid in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Katydid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is katydid?
- Katydid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce katydid?
- Katydid is pronounced /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of katydid?
- The plural of katydid is katydids.
Words near katydid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: katydid (page history and authors); katydid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katydid.wav.
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