Definition of "katydid" []

• Any of various green insects of the family Tettigoniidae related to the grasshoppers and the crickets, the male of which produces a shrill sound by rubbing together specialized organs on the forewings. (noun)

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• "First discovered back in 1887, the pink katydid is so rare that they occur once out of every 500 individuals."
• "The katydid is a grasshopper shaped insect that lives nearly everywhere in the world."
• "In the cartoon, the guys travel the world for encounters with creatures that are familiar (crocodiles, worms, a platypus and pigeons) and some not so familiar (a conehead katydid, a tiger quoll and the recently discovered colossal squid)."