English Explanatory Dictionary

stridulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

Word forms

stridulation stridulations

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”).

Related words

stridulate stridulous
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