"stridulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stridulations [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|strīdulus||giving a shrill sound, creaking}} Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stridulation (countable and uncountable, plural stridulations)
  1. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together. Wikipedia link: stridulation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Animal sounds Related terms: stridulate, stridulous Translations (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers): цвърчене (cvǎrčene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kitā (Maori)

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