katydid

English

A great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), a species of katydid

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound it makes by stridulating.^[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/

Noun

katydid (plural katydids)

A type of grasshopper, in the family Tettigoniidae.

Synonyms

(UK): bush-cricket

Translations

grasshopper

Dutch: sprinkhaan (nl) m, f, sabelsprinkhaan m, f
Finnish: hepokatti (fi)

Maori: kikipounamu
Navajo: nahachagii dootłʼizhí

References

↑ “katydid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Further reading

Tettigoniidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tettigoniidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tettigoniidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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