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tettigoniid

tettigoniid

9.9
A green insect like a large cricket with very long thin antennae
  • noun
  • /ˌtɛtɪˈɡoʊniɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tettigónido
  • The male tettigoniid produces its distinctive song by rubbing its wings together.

Examples

  • Unlike true grasshoppers, a tettigoniid has much longer antennae and a more delicate body.

  • Many gardeners appreciate the presence of tettigoniids because they help control pest populations.

  • The tettigoniid chirped loudly at night.

  • Did you see that tettigoniid in the garden?

  • Many gardeners appreciate the presence of tettigoniids because they help control pest populations.

  • The male tettigoniid produces its distinctive song by rubbing its wings together.

  • Unlike true grasshoppers, a tettigoniid has much longer antennae and a more delicate body.

Synonyms

katydid
vstettigoniid
  • US
1 9.9

A large green insect like a grasshopper with long antennae that makes a loud chirping sound

is the broader family term used across regions and other common names
long-horned grasshopper
vstettigoniid
  • Specialized
7.7

A grasshopper with very long feelers that makes sounds with its wings

is the formal technical term for that same insect family

How Loud

cicada
17 6.9
tettigoniid
  • Specialized
9.9
cricket
73 1.3
grasshopper
32 1.0
ant
308 1.0

Surface Forms

tettigoniid singular
tettigoniids plural

Morphology

tettigoniid = Tettigoniidae (opaque) = tettigoni + id

Although formed by a regular taxonomic stem plus the family-member suffix '-id', the stem 'tettigoni-' is not a recognizable English base for average learners, so the meaning is not recoverable from its parts.

Etymology

Tettigoniid comes from the old Greek word tettix meaning 'cicada' or 'singing insect', with the ending -id meaning 'belonging to'. So a tettigoniid is an insect 'belonging to' the singing insects, which fits katydids and bush crickets that make their loud, wing-made songs.