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Definition of Stridulate

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.

Meaning of Stridulate from wikipedia

- Gr****hopper stridulation Several unidentified gr****hoppers stridulating. Problems playing this file? See media help. Ant stridulations Pachycondyla apicalis...
- over great distances. Other species communicate with sounds: crickets stridulate, or rub their wings together, to attract a mate and repel other males...
- female produces the pheromones. Communication can also occur through stridulation, or producing sounds by rubbing various parts of the body together. Moths...
- forewings (stridulation). These sounds are produced mainly by males to attract females, though in some species the females also stridulate. Gr****hoppers...
- Megaloblatta, like many other insects, use stridulation in order to steer their predators away. The stridulating insects are less likely to be pre**** upon...
- to beat prey has also been described. Like other centipedes they can stridulate. In a feeding study, S. coleoptrata showed the ability to distinguish...
- three species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia. They stridulate by rubbing setae on their pedipalps and legs. Tarantulas of this genus...
- such as tettix with repeated sounds are onomatopoeic, imitating the stridulation of these insects. The common name katydid is also onomatopoeic and comes...
- and venom. When stridulating, velvet ants rub their abdominal segments together in a rapid fashion. This is different than stridulation seen in insects...
- bite of any insect. Most male crickets make a loud chirping sound by stridulation (s****ing two specially textured body parts together). The stridulatory...