stridulation

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

stridulazione

sinonimi

chirp

squeak

stridulate

squeakiness

Traduzioni

stridulation

τεράτισμα

τερέτισμα

τσίρισμα

estridulación

Etimologia (Inglese)

1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).