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
katydid (plural katydids)
A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.
• (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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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