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tettigoniid

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tet⋅ti⋅go⋅ni⋅id

  [tet-i-goh-nee-id]
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–noun
long-horned grasshopper.
Origin:
1920–25; < NL Tettigoniidae family name, equiv. to Tettigoni(a) genus name (formed on Gk tettīg-, s. of téttīx cicada) + -idae -id 2

long-horned grasshopper

 
–noun
any of numerous insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long, threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male.
Also, longhorn grasshopper.
Also called tettigoniid.
Compare katydid.

Origin:
1890–95
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tettigoniid

noun
grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male [syn: long-horned grasshopper] 
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