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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ka·ty·did /ˈketiˌdɪd/
 紡織娘

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ka·ty·did n. Zool. A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidæ, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 katydid
      n : large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males
          produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs
          on the forewings