any typically green long-horned grasshopper of the genus Microcentrum and related genera, living among the foliage of trees in North America
Word origin
C18: of imitative origin
katydid in American English
(ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd)
US
noun
any of several large, green orthopteran insects (esp. family Tettigoniidae) having long, slender antennae and long hind legs: the male has highly developed stridulating organs on the forewings, that produce a shrill sound
Word origin
echoic of the sound made by the males
Examples of 'katydid' in a sentence
katydid
They feed on katydids - insects that can bring terrible catastrophes.