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Stridulate
Stridulate Strid"u*late, v. t. [See Stridulous.] To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo["o]l.), to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
Stridulation
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, grasshoppers, and locusts. (b) The noise itself. Note: The crickets stridulate by rubbing together the strong nervures of the fore wings. Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The green grasshoppers and katydids stridulate by means of special organs at the base of the fore wings.
Stridulator
Stridulator Strid"u*la`tor, n. [NL.] That which stridulates. --Darwin.
Stridulatory
Stridulatory Strid"u*la*to*ry, a. Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation. --Darwin.

Meaning of Stridula from wikipedia

- Ochlandra stridula, the Ceylon reed-bamboo, reed bamboo or forest bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the gr**** family). It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It can...
- an early date. William Iron Arm built one at an unidentified location (Stridula) in Calabria in 1045. After the death of Robert Guiscard in 1085, the Mezzogiorno...
- name Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution of Strix aluco[image reference needed] Synonyms Strix stridula Linnaeus, 1758 Strix glaux Linnaeus, 1758...
- Muiria stridula. The genus Muiria was named by Kirkaldy after his friend (and colleague) Muir. The name of the type species, Muiria stridula, was based...
- Strigiformes Family: Strigidae Genus: Strix Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Strix stridula = Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 Species See text. Synonyms Ciccaba Wagler...
- Guaimar began the conquest of Calabria in 1044, and built the castle of Stridula (near Squillace). William was less successful in Apulia, where he was defeated...
- Distant, 1905e – Mpumalanga Platypleura nigrolinea (De Geer, 1773) = P. stridula Platypleura nobilis (Germar, 1830) – Thailand Platypleura octoguttata (Fabricius...
- bifasciata Cicada fornicataParanistria fornicata Cicada stridulaPlatypleura stridula Cicada orni Cicada repandaPycna repanda Cicada reticulata...
- Ochlandra soderstromiana - Kerala Ochlandra spirostylis - Kerala Ochlandra stridula - Ceylon reed bamboo, Sri Lanka reed bamboo - Sri Lanka Ochlandra talbotii...
- brachyspora, Melanoleuca brevispora, Melanoleuca robertiana and Melanoleuca stridula as synonyms of M. melaleuca. The older treatments use various characteristics...