Noun: katydid key-tee-did
- Large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings
"The katydid's distinctive call filled the summer night"
Derived forms: katydids
Type of: long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
Part of: genus Microcentrum, Microcentrum
Encyclopedia: Katydid