katydid – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
katydid
n.
large variety of grasshopper which produces a singing sound by rubbing its wings together (common to central and eastern parts of the U.S.)
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the
cricket family Tettigoniidae are commonly called
katydids or
bush crickets. More than 6,400
species are known. They are also known as
long-horned grasshoppers, to distinguish them from the
Caelifera, the true or short-horned grasshoppers. Part of the suborder
Ensifera, it is the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
katydid
Noun
1. large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
(hypernym) long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
(hyponym) mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex
(member-holonym) Microcentrum, genus Microcentrum
Katydid
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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