katydid en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ (US)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. * katydid song: (file)
Meanings
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(US) A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
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 this giant millipede.
2019, Gordon Korman, Level 13: A Slacker Novel, Scholastic Press, page 114:In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.
2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 52: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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| katydids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
angular-winged katydid · juniper bush katydid · false katydid · fork-tailed bush katydid · leaf katydid · round-headed katydid
Synonyms
Translations (30)
pl pasikonik (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · pt esperança (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · nl sabelsprinkhaan (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · fr sauterelle (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · hy ծղրիդ (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · nb løvgresshoppe (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · nv nahachagii dootłʼizhí (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · yue 螽斯 (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · es saltamontes longicornio (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · cmn 螽斯 (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ca tetigònid (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ar حَرْجُوَان (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · gl tettigónido (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ar جُخْدُب (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ja 螽蟖 (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ru кузне́чик (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · fi hepokatti (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · es esperanza (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ka კუტკალია (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ar حَرْجَل (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · unm kshipskwès (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · nn lauvgrashoppe (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · sv vårtbitare (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · pt tetigoniídeo (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · hu fürgeszöcske (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · de Laubheuschrecke (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ar جُخْدَب (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · ko 여치 (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · da løvgræshoppe (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae) · hu szöcske (orthopteran of the family Tettigoniidae)