stridulation
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A sound insects make by rubbing legs or wings together, like crickets
- noun
- /ˌstrɪdʒʊˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
estridulación
Antonyms
How Shrill
Surface Forms
stridulation singular
stridulations plural
Morphology
stridulation = stridulate (opaque) = stridulate + ion
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ion' to the rare verb 'stridulate'; the base is Latin-derived and not recognizable to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Stridulation comes from the Latin root strid- meaning 'to make a harsh sound', and you can see the same root in strident. It gives a simple picture: insects rub parts of their bodies to make a sharp, high sound, so stridulation is the name for that rubbing noise.