katydid

[ key-tee-did ]

/ ˈkeɪ ti dɪd /

any of several large, usually green, American long-horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song.

Origin of katydid

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; imitative

katrina, katrine, katsina, kattegat, katy, katydid, katz, katzenjammer, kauai, kauch, kauffmann

They look too delicate for use, and yet the katydid flies very well indeed with them.

The Insect Folk |Margaret Warner Morley
But the katydid—how shall I describe its piquant utterances?

Complete Prose Works |Walt Whitman
But the stillness of the midsummer night had settled again, except for the voices of the whippoorwill and the katydid.

A Pagan of the Hills |Charles Neville Buck
All summer the katydid called from the trees, and the locust danced and buzzed in the sunshine.

Two Indian Children of Long Ago |Frances Taylor

It is known as the Katydid, on account of its peculiar notes, which resemble the words Katy-did-she-did.

Chatterbox, 1905. |Various

katydid

/ (ˈkeɪtɪˌdɪd) /

any typically green long-horned grasshopper of the genus Microcentrum and related genera, living among the foliage of trees in North America

C18: of imitative origin