Katydid
['ketɪ,dɪd]
Definition
(noun.) large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings.
Editor: William--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Edited by Ivan
Definition
n. an American insect akin to the grasshopper.
Edited by Alta
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hearing katydids, is a prognostic of misfortune and unusual dependence on others. If any sick person ask you what they are, foretells there will be surprising events in your present and future. For a woman to see them, signifies she will have a quarrelsome husband or lover.
Checked by Karol
Unserious Contents or Definition
A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs.
Typed by Ina