单词 | stridulation |
释义 | stridulation|strɪdjʊˈleɪʃən| [a. F. stridulation (Goureau 1837), agent-n. f. mod.L. strīdulāre: see stridulate v.] The action of the vb. stridulate; the stridulous noise produced by certain insects.
1838tr. Goureau in Entom. Mag. V. 92 The male alone possesses the power of stridulation; he makes use of it to attract and please the female. Ibid. 94 The combination of all these little sounds produces the general sound or stridulation. 1871Darwin Desc. Man ix. (1874) 274 The stridulation serves..to call..the female. 1872― Emotions xiv. 350 Even insects express anger, terror, jealousy, and love by their stridulation. |

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