Sentence example with the word 'stridulate'

stridulate

Definition v. make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures

Last update: July 27, 2015


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The Acridiidae have the feelers and the ovipositor relatively short, and possess only three tarsal segments; their ears are situated on the first abdominal segment and the males stridulate by scraping rows of pegs on the inner aspect of the hind thigh, over the sharp edges of the forewing nervures.   [Please select]

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Stridulate: to make a creaking noise by rubbing together two ridged or roughened surfaces.   [Please select]

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