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katydid

/ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/

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What does katydid mean?

noun

  1. A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae

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/ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/

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The air was tremulous with heavenly notes, the lights went out in the hall, dusk swept across the stage, a cricket sang and a katydid answered, and a wood pewee wrung the heart with its lonesome cry.
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125