stridulation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

   Uso

   • numerabile
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   Parole correlate

   stridulatestridulous

   Esempi

   The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.

Sostantivo

1. a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together

   Termini più generali

   noise