Definition of stridulate in English:

stridulate

verb ˈstrɪdjʊleɪtˈstrɪdʒəˌleɪt

[no object]

(of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.
（昆虫，尤指雄性蟋蟀或蚱蜢用摩擦腿、翅或其他部位时）发出刺耳声
the insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated, and droned
stridulating male crickets
Example sentencesExamples
- Sound production in Libanasidus is similar to that of many New Zealand weta, where the males stridulate by rubbing the lateral abdominal stridulatory pads against the modified inner surfaces of the femora.
- In the stridulating millipede Loboglomeris pyrenaica, the male grasps one antenna and one vulva of the female with his telopods and then proceeds to stridulate until the female is receptive.
- Spiders produce vibration ‘… by drumming with the pales and the abdomen, by stridulating, or by plucking threads of their own or other spiders' webs’.
- An arachnologist says most spiders stridulate too quietly for humans to hear; an exception is Australia's barking spider, a kind of tarantula that lets out a hissing sound when threatened.
- High-frequency, stridulating muscles of katydids also have a mitochondrial volume of over 40%.

Derivatives

stridulant

adjective

While I was looking at the edge of the Common where the wild flowers were planted a few years ago, I was fascinated to see such large numbers of grasshoppers, and in the heat they were both stridulant and active.
Example sentencesExamples
- This was followed by a sudden inspiration, sometimes stridulant: the whoop.
- On examination, patient had both inspiratory and expiratory breathing noise consistent with a stridulant noise.

stridulation

noun strɪdjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌstrɪdʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n

However, cicadas produce their sounds - the loudest of any insects’ - not by stridulation but by vibrating membranes, or tymbals, located on their abdomens.
Example sentencesExamples
- Schizocosa uetzi males have black pigmentation over the middle portion of the tibia of their forelegs and use a courtship display consisting of a stationary stridulation with an intermittent slow foreleg arch.
- Recent studies have shown that stridulations are also initiated to recruit workers to an attractive food source, and that these vibrations are transferred to the substrate through the ant's head.
- Many biologists have studied the neural control of sound production since Huber's pioneering work in the 1950s on command systems for stridulation in crickets.
- In all species of Laupala, the male song structure is simple, consisting of a rhythmic train of pulses produced during courtship by stridulation of the forewings.

stridulatory

adjective

Forest subsequently noted that Dardanus substriatifonis should be placed in Cliopagurus Forest, 1995a, based upon possession of annulations and development of a stridulatory apparatus on the inner surface of the cheliped.
Example sentencesExamples
- Male Balamara gydia, Australian crickets, have a complete stridulatory apparatus but communicate with females by tapping their abdomens on vegetation.
- Unfortunately, the stridulatory behaviour of these insects has not been adequately studied and no recordings of their songs are available.
- The katydid Neoconocephalus ensinger only ceases calling in response to batlike ultrasound when the calls are played in the window of silence between stridulatory syllables.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus 'creaking', from the verb stridere.

Definition of stridulate in US English:

stridulate

verbˈstrijəˌlātˈstrɪdʒəˌleɪt

[no object]

(of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.
（昆虫，尤指雄性蟋蟀或蚱蜢用摩擦腿、翅或其他部位时）发出刺耳声
the insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated, and droned
stridulating male crickets
Example sentencesExamples
- An arachnologist says most spiders stridulate too quietly for humans to hear; an exception is Australia's barking spider, a kind of tarantula that lets out a hissing sound when threatened.
- High-frequency, stridulating muscles of katydids also have a mitochondrial volume of over 40%.
- Spiders produce vibration ‘… by drumming with the pales and the abdomen, by stridulating, or by plucking threads of their own or other spiders' webs’.
- Sound production in Libanasidus is similar to that of many New Zealand weta, where the males stridulate by rubbing the lateral abdominal stridulatory pads against the modified inner surfaces of the femora.
- In the stridulating millipede Loboglomeris pyrenaica, the male grasps one antenna and one vulva of the female with his telopods and then proceeds to stridulate until the female is receptive.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere.

单词	stridulate
释义	Definition of stridulate in English: stridulate verb ˈstrɪdjʊleɪtˈstrɪdʒəˌleɪt [no object] (of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together. （昆虫，尤指雄性蟋蟀或蚱蜢用摩擦腿、翅或其他部位时）发出刺耳声 the insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated, and droned stridulating male crickets Example sentencesExamples Sound production in Libanasidus is similar to that of many New Zealand weta, where the males stridulate by rubbing the lateral abdominal stridulatory pads against the modified inner surfaces of the femora. In the stridulating millipede Loboglomeris pyrenaica, the male grasps one antenna and one vulva of the female with his telopods and then proceeds to stridulate until the female is receptive. Spiders produce vibration ‘… by drumming with the pales and the abdomen, by stridulating, or by plucking threads of their own or other spiders' webs’. An arachnologist says most spiders stridulate too quietly for humans to hear; an exception is Australia's barking spider, a kind of tarantula that lets out a hissing sound when threatened. High-frequency, stridulating muscles of katydids also have a mitochondrial volume of over 40%. Derivatives stridulant adjective While I was looking at the edge of the Common where the wild flowers were planted a few years ago, I was fascinated to see such large numbers of grasshoppers, and in the heat they were both stridulant and active. Example sentencesExamples This was followed by a sudden inspiration, sometimes stridulant: the whoop. On examination, patient had both inspiratory and expiratory breathing noise consistent with a stridulant noise. stridulation noun strɪdjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌstrɪdʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n However, cicadas produce their sounds - the loudest of any insects’ - not by stridulation but by vibrating membranes, or tymbals, located on their abdomens. Example sentencesExamples Schizocosa uetzi males have black pigmentation over the middle portion of the tibia of their forelegs and use a courtship display consisting of a stationary stridulation with an intermittent slow foreleg arch. Recent studies have shown that stridulations are also initiated to recruit workers to an attractive food source, and that these vibrations are transferred to the substrate through the ant's head. Many biologists have studied the neural control of sound production since Huber's pioneering work in the 1950s on command systems for stridulation in crickets. In all species of Laupala, the male song structure is simple, consisting of a rhythmic train of pulses produced during courtship by stridulation of the forewings. stridulatory adjective Forest subsequently noted that Dardanus substriatifonis should be placed in Cliopagurus Forest, 1995a, based upon possession of annulations and development of a stridulatory apparatus on the inner surface of the cheliped. Example sentencesExamples Male Balamara gydia, Australian crickets, have a complete stridulatory apparatus but communicate with females by tapping their abdomens on vegetation. Unfortunately, the stridulatory behaviour of these insects has not been adequately studied and no recordings of their songs are available. The katydid Neoconocephalus ensinger only ceases calling in response to batlike ultrasound when the calls are played in the window of silence between stridulatory syllables. Origin Mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus 'creaking', from the verb stridere. Definition of stridulate in US English: stridulate verbˈstrijəˌlātˈstrɪdʒəˌleɪt [no object] (of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together. （昆虫，尤指雄性蟋蟀或蚱蜢用摩擦腿、翅或其他部位时）发出刺耳声 the insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated, and droned stridulating male crickets Example sentencesExamples An arachnologist says most spiders stridulate too quietly for humans to hear; an exception is Australia's barking spider, a kind of tarantula that lets out a hissing sound when threatened. High-frequency, stridulating muscles of katydids also have a mitochondrial volume of over 40%. Spiders produce vibration ‘… by drumming with the pales and the abdomen, by stridulating, or by plucking threads of their own or other spiders' webs’. Sound production in Libanasidus is similar to that of many New Zealand weta, where the males stridulate by rubbing the lateral abdominal stridulatory pads against the modified inner surfaces of the femora. In the stridulating millipede Loboglomeris pyrenaica, the male grasps one antenna and one vulva of the female with his telopods and then proceeds to stridulate until the female is receptive. Origin Mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere.
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