katydid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
Definition of katydid
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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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