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Katydid

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Noun

1. 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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Katydid

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noun
any typically green long-horned grasshopper of the genus Microcentrum and related genera, living among the foliage of trees in North America

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Katydid

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noun
any of several large, green orthopteran insects (esp. family Tettigoniidae) having long, slender antennae and long hind legs: the male has highly developed stridulating organs on the forewings, that produce a shrill sound

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Katydid

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n.
Any of various orthopteran insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long antennae and usually a green body, the male of which produces a shrill sound by rubbing together specialized organs on the forewings.

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