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Meaning of stridulation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية صرير
Čeština stridulace
Deutsch Stridulation
Español estridulación
فارسی جیرجیر
Français stridulation
עברית צרצור
Nederlands stridulatie
Português estridulação
Русский стридуляци́я

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

stridulator stridulousness Striegel Strife strifelessness strifemaker

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