noun
long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
• Syn: ↑family Tettigoniidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orthoptera, ↑order Orthoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑long-horned grasshopper, ↑tettigoniid, ↑Microcentrum, ↑genus Microcentrum, ↑Anabrus, ↑genus Anabrus
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_gəˈnīəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tettigonia, type genus (from Latin tettigonia leafhopper, from Greek tettigonion, diminutive of tettig-, tettix cicada) + -idae
: a large family of insects (order Orthoptera) having long slender antennae and four-segmented tarsi and comprising the long-horned grasshoppers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.