stridulation

American  

[strij-uh-lay-shuhn] / ˌstrɪdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

stridulations

1. the act or sound of stridulating.

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Example Sentences

This “stridulation” is often a response to threats—either from a predator or another ghost crab.

From Science Magazine

The male club-winged manakin makes these harmonic sounds through stridulation, rather like a cricket.

From National Geographic

The Wart felt a man on either side of him take his hand, as they stood in a circle, and then he noticed that the stridulation of the grasshoppers had begun again.

From Literature

They use a process called stridulation, where special body parts are rubbed together to make a noise.

From Scientific American

Dr Zapata described this stridulation as similar to playing a tiny violin.

From BBC