"katydid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-katydid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: katydids [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. katydid song (file) Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic, {{vern|common true katydid}} common true katydid, {{taxlink|Pterophylla camellifolia|species}} Pterophylla camellifolia, {{EtymOnLine}} Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “katydid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary., {{audio|mul|Pterophylla camellifolia singing.wav|katydid song}} katydid song (file) Head templates: {{en-noun}} katydid (plural katydids)
  1. A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae. Categories (lifeform): Crickets and grasshoppers Synonyms: bush-cricket [UK] Derived forms: angular-winged katydid, fork-tailed bush katydid, juniper bush katydid Translations (grasshopper): saltamartí (Catalan), mingming (Cebuano), ᏏᎩᎩ (sigigi) (Cherokee), 螽斯 (zhongsi) (Chinese Mandarin), 莎雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 莎鸡 (shājī) (Chinese Mandarin), sprinkhaan [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sabelsprinkhaan [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), hepokatti (Finnish), sauterelle [feminine] (French), Laubheuschrecke [feminine] (German), חַרְגּוֹל (ẖargól) [masculine] (Hebrew), fürgeszöcske (Hungarian), kikipounamu (Maori), nahachagii dootłʼizhí (Navajo), løvgresshoppe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pasikonik [masculine] (Polish), tetigoniídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), saltamontes (Spanish)

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