KATYDID


Meaning of KATYDID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkā-tē-ˌdid ]

noun

Etymology: imitative

Date: 1784

: any of various large green American long-horned grasshoppers usually having stridulating organs on the forewings of the males that produce a loud shrill sound

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.