Definitions
A green long-horned insect related to crickets and grasshoppers.
Word origin
Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.
Used in a sentence
“I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close.”
“In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Green cricket kin”7 letters
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