- stridulation
- The shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects
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stridulation
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Stridulation — is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fishes, snakes and spiders. The mechanism is… … Wikipedia
stridulation — [ stridylasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1838; du lat. stridulus ♦ Didact. Bruit modulé que produisent certains insectes en frottant l un contre l autre des organes striés. La stridulation des cigales, des grillons, des criquets. ⇒ cricri; archet. ♢ Méd.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Stridulation — Strid u*la tion, n. The act of stridulating. Specifically: (Zo[ o]l.) (a) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stridulation — La stridulation est le mécanisme principal de communication acoustique chez les insectes. Il permet d émettre un signal sonore via l utilisation de différentes structures : les élytres de l animal. Notamment chez les Orthoptères, Ensifères,… … Wikipédia en Français
Stridulation — Stridulationsgeräusch des Heimchens (Acheta domesticus). Stridulationsgeräusch mehrerer Grashüpfer … Deutsch Wikipedia
stridulation — (stri du la sion) s. f. Bruit aigu produit par les insectes du genre cigale. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. stridulus, qui rend un son aigre (voy. strident). SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE STRIDULATION. Ajoutez : • Il [le mâle] s en distingue encore par une … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
stridulation — noun 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… … Wiktionary
stridulation — noun see stridulate … New Collegiate Dictionary
stridulation — sound production by the rubbing together (friction) of two hard parts, may be internal structures like pharyngeal teeth or external ones like the pectoral fin, e.g. in Callomystax (Siluridae), Bagre (Ariidae), Balistes, Dactylopterus, etc. The… … Dictionary of ichthyology
stridulation — n. [L. stridere, to make a creaking or grating noise] Any sound produced by a lower animal … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
stridulation — See stridulate. * * * … Universalium
