The song that the katydid sings is produced by a pair of taborets, one in the overlapping portion of each wing-cover, and formed by a thin transparent membrane stretched in a strong frame.
The katydid is an American grasshopper of a transparent green color, named from the sound of its note.
The katydid is interesting in captivity, and if fed on fruits, will live thus for several weeks.
But the locust and the katydidwere cold and hungry.
And White Cloud listened to the tale of the lazy katydidand the hard-working ant while the canoe moved slowly across the quiet lake.
All summer the katydid called from the trees, and the locust danced and buzzed in the sunshine.
Late in July it began with the short rasps and screeches of tiny hoppers flitting in the grass; the katydid began to tune up on the evening of July 29.
Little is heard save the occasional note of the whip-poor-will and the constant reminder from the katydid that it is not far to frost.
But what about Moses Mosquito and Kiddie Katydid and Mehitable Moth?
So Chirpy ordered Kiddie Katydid and Moses and Mehitable to produce their banners, which they had left leaning against the wall.
On the other hand a green katydid would be very conspicuous in a dusty road.
That stood for ages still, The rock shall rend its mossy base And thunder down the hill, Before the littleKatydid Shall add one word, to tell The mystic story of the maid Whose name she knows so well.
The katydid least leaflike in appearance was eaten first.
Accordingly, the katydidlays its shield-shaped eggs in a double row near the end of a young twig.
The katydid has materially assisted in its own preservation by being active chiefly at night.
The truth of the matter is that no female katydid ever replied to the accusations of her lover, if accusation it be.
This is particularly noticeable among the group of straight-winged insects to which the grasshopper, katydid and cricket belong.
Even among creatures far more active than the toad and the katydid an inconspicuous color must certainly result in distinctly better protection.
I have never succeeded in making a dead grasshopper fiddle, but I have long known how to make a dead katydid say "ka.
We took the katydid for our first subject, and were much interested in the little creature.
One of our members asked if the katydid is found in all parts of the world, and none of us could tell.
Polo here in the East is fine, where hosses has pedigree, But Old Katydid was the break-up Kid," said Phoenix Phil to me.
The Prescott Kid on Old Katydid was the star we banked on most, For the Kid was cool as a pickle and fast as a midnight ghost.
For a moment Chirpy thought that perhaps Kiddie Katydid didn't know what he was talking about.
Chirpy Cricket wished that Kiddie Katydid hadn't replied to Mr. Nighthawk at all.
Chirpy thanked his friend Kiddie Katydid for this valuable bit of news.
He's on the ground, under that tree you're in," Kiddie Katydidinformed him.
And at last Kiddie Katydid told him that it was Mr. Nighthawk that he had heard.
The female katydid wears her ears on her knees; by waving her front legs she zeroes in on the male’s mating call.
The katydid has ceased again her dismal song, and long since the cat slunk away behind the grape-trellis to seek new fields.
Suddenly the song of the katydid ceases, and the cat, seized with panic, leaps from the north steps and vanishes beneath the grape trellis at the back.
The bee dreams in the cherry bloom That sways above the berry bloom; The katydid grates where she's hid In leafy deeps of dreary gloom: The forming dew is globing on the grasses, Like rich spilled gems of some dark queen that passes.
The slimy worm gnaws at the bud, The Katydid talks dreamily; The sullen owl in monkish hood Chants in the old beech tree.
And he did not scorn a large, green katydid when he chanced to find one.
Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well.
See here, if I were a cub, and knew as much about Katydid as you do, I wouldn't hesitate to borrow a few cents from the boss.
To A Katydid 7 A Day Dream 9 The Old Ravine (Illustrated.
The drone of the katydid vibrated in the laurel, and the shrill-voiced cricket chirped.
Nothing--a frog had begun to croak far away, and the vibrations of the katydid were strident on the damp air.
But, though the children and Tom looked all over, they could not find a katydid until Mr. Brown helped them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "katydid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
