KATYDID

katydid

(noun) large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

katydid (plural katydids)

A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.

Synonyms

• (UK): bush-cricket

Source: Wiktionary

Ka"ty*did`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidæ, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition