stridulation

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English - English
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.

The shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects
a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
The noise itself
The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts
The act of stridulating
stridulate
To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together
stridulate
make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
stridulate
To make a shrill, creaking noise to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects
stridulate
make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate
stridulation

    Hyphenation

    stri·du·la·tion

    Pronunciation

    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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