What does katydid mean?
Katydid means (chiefly US) A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae.
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/ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ · noun
(chiefly US) A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae.
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.
Use katydid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Katydid means (chiefly US) A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae.
Common synonyms include bush-cricket, tettigoniid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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