katydid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ (US)

Definition of katydid

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
    “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.”
    “In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.”

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Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. * katydid song: (file)

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