katydid

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Definition of katydid in English English dictionary: A type of grasshopper, scientific name Tettigoniidae; a type of large grasshopper (From the sound). Any of numerous species in several subfamilies of the long-horned grasshopper family (Tettigoniidae). Generally green with long wings, katydids live on trees, bushes, or grasses, and many species resemble leaves. They are powerful jumpers; many species do not fly but merely flutter their wings during leaps. They feed chiefly on plant matter, though some also eat other insects. The true katydids of eastern North America are considered great singers; each species has its own repetitive song, which is produced only at night; a type of grasshopper; A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidæ, common in the United States; large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings; 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; {i} large variety of grasshopper which produces a singing sound by rubbing its wings together (common to central and eastern parts of the U.S.)
katydids: plural of katydid
katydids: microcentrum