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stridulation

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Definition of stridulation

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
    “The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.”

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Etymology

1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).

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