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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Katydid \Ka"ty*did`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large green, arboreal, orthopterous insect ({Cyrtophyllus concavus}) of the family {Locustid[ae]}, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: katydid n : large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
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