katydid

English

a great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima), a species of katydid

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.

• katydid song:

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

katydid (plural katydids)

1. A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.

   Synonym: (UK) bush-cricket

   • 1889, Charles Conrad Abbott, Days Out of Doors, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 194:

     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.

   • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 52:

     In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.

Derived terms

• angular-winged katydid
• false katydid (Phaneropterinae spp.)
• fork-tailed bush katydid
• juniper bush katydid
• leaf katydid (Phaneropterinae spp.)
• round-headed katydid (Phaneropterinae spp.)

 

Translations

grasshopper

• Catalan: saltamartí (ca)
• Cebuano: mingming
• Cherokee: ᏏᎩᎩ (sigigi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螽斯 (zh) (zhongsi), 莎雞／莎鸡 (zh) (shājī)

• Dutch: sprinkhaan (nl) m or f, sabelsprinkhaan (nl) m or f
• Finnish: hepokatti (fi)
• French: sauterelle (fr) f
• German: Laubheuschrecke f
• Hebrew: חַרְגּוֹל (he) m (ẖargól)
• Hungarian: fürgeszöcske
• Maori: kikipounamu
• Navajo: nahachagii dootłʼizhí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: løvgresshoppe m or f

• Polish: pasikonik (pl) m
• Portuguese: tetigoniídeo m, esperança (pt) f
• Spanish: saltamontes (es)
• Vietnamese: muỗm (vi), muồm muỗm (vi), giọt sành (vi), vạc sành, giạt sành, sặt sành (vi)

Further reading

• Tettigoniidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tettigoniidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tettigoniidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons