stridulation
stridulation · stridulations
стридуляция
Stridulation
A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and…A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
/ˌstɹɪdjʊˈleɪʃən/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
Stridulation
стридуляци́яstriduljacíja
a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers:
Origin
1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking1838, 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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Forms
plural: stridulations| Singular | stridulation |
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Word family
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