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TETTIGONIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tettigoniidae mean?
• TETTIGONIIDAE (noun)
The noun TETTIGONIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
Familiarity information: TETTIGONIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniidae
Hypernyms ("Tettigoniidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Tettigoniidae"):
long-horned grasshopper; tettigoniid (grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male)
genus Microcentrum; Microcentrum (katydids)
Anabrus; genus Anabrus (a genus of Tettigoniidae)
Holonyms ("Tettigoniidae" is a member of...):
order Orthoptera; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and locusts; crickets)
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