stridulate
to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
Origin of stridulate
1Other words from stridulate
- strid·u·la·tion, noun
- strid·u·la·to·ry [strij-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈstrɪdʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- un·strid·u·lat·ing, adjective
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How to use stridulate in a sentence
As we have seen, the nocturnal chorus of the birds is now replaced by the croaking of frogs and the stridulation of crickets.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe males, as we have already said, make a shrill stridulation by rubbing their thighs over their elytra.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierBut it was only a stridulation, not the cries of creatures being devoured.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterI am particularly obliged to you for your observations on the stridulation of the two sexes of Lamellicorns.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinHe believes that the power of stridulation in the Clythra has not been previously observed.
British Dictionary definitions for stridulate
/ (ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪt) /
(intr) (of insects such as the cricket) to produce sounds by rubbing one part of the body against another
Origin of stridulate
1Derived forms of stridulate
- stridulation, noun
- stridulator, noun
- stridulatory (ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtərɪ), adjective
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