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Definition of Katydids
1. katydid [n] - See also: katydid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katydids
Literary usage of Katydids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"It is usually heard during hazy afternoons and in the evening. It •The katydids
listed in this paper were kindly identified for me by Mr. AN Caudell, ..."
2. Book of Joyous Children by James Whitcomb Riley (1902)
"THE katydids SOMETIMES I keep From going to sleep, To hear the katydids "cheep-cheep!
... they say Their prayers that way; But katydids don't have to pray ! ..."
3. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... or true locusts, the long- horned grasshoppers (including the katydids), the
crickets, cockroaches, walking sticks and leaf insects, and the praying ..."
4. Gleanings from Nature by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1899)
"It is a name given to an order or group of insects, which comprises the katydids,
grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, walking-sticks, etc. ..."
5. Stories of Insect Life by Mary Esther Murtfeldt, Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"THE SONGS OF THE katydids. THE prettiest and most interesting of musical insects are
... The true katydids live in trees or on tall shrubbery and are more ..."
6. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1846 Ye katydids and whip-poor-wills, come listen to me now ; I am a jolly
tree-toad, upon a chestnut bough ; I chirp because I know that the night was made ..."
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