tettigoniid

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛtɪˈɡəʊniɪd/

Noun

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tettigoniid (plural tettigoniids)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush-crickets.
    • 1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:
      Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.