Stridulation
WordNet
noun
(1) A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
WiktionaryText
Etymology
1838, from earlier term ; from “giving a shrill sound, creaking,” from “to utter an inarticulate sound, grate, creak”.
Noun
- A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
Quotations
- 1994, John Christopher, A Dusk of Demons
- The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.