noun
- harsh, shrill sounds produced by rubbing together certain body parts, especially by insects such as crickets and grasshoppers
Usage: biology; entomology
Examples
- The cricket’s stridulations filled the summer evening air.
- Scientists study the stridulations of grasshoppers to understand their mating behaviors.
- The loud stridulations of the cicadas could be heard from blocks away.
- Different species of crickets produce distinct patterns of stridulations.
- The researcher recorded the stridulations to analyze their frequency patterns.
- Male crickets use their stridulations to attract females during breeding season.