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KATYDID

\kˈatɪdˌɪd], \kˈatɪdˌɪd], \k_ˈa_t_ɪ_d_ˌɪ_d]\

Definitions of KATYDID

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, 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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, 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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

An insect named from its cry.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A N. American grasshopper of a greenish colour, so called from the peculiar sound of its wing-covers.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An insect of a pale-green colour, common in the U.S., and so called from the peculiar sound it utters; a grasshopper.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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