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Noun: katydid  key-tee-did
  1. Large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

Derived forms: katydids

Type of: long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid

Part of: genus Microcentrum, Microcentrum

Encyclopedia: Katydid