katydid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.[1]
katydid song | (file) |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
katydid (plural katydids)
- A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.
- Synonym: (UK) bush-cricket
- 1889, Charles Conrad Abbott, Days Out of Doors, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 194:
- 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.
- 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 52:
- In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
grasshopper
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “katydid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- Tettigoniidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tettigoniidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tettigoniidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons