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n. Any of various green insects of the family Tettigoniidae related to the grasshoppers and the crickets, the male of which produces a shrill sound by rubbing together specialized organs on the forewings.

n. A type of grasshopper, scientific name Tettigoniidae.

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

n. An orthopterousinsect of the family Locustidœ of large size, green color, and arboreal habits.

n. Same as logging-wheels.

n. large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

"First discovered back in 1887, the pink katydid is so rare that they occur once out of every 500 individuals."

tettigoniid    long-horned grasshopper   

cranberry katydid   

Mormon cricket    anabrus simplex   

bush-cricket   

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