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Definition of Stridulates
1. stridulate [v] - See also: stridulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stridulates
Literary usage of Stridulates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"only is raised, the sound is thinner by half j and when the colse are held down
the sound is not impaired. Geotrupes stercorarius, L., stridulates in a ..."
2. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"... stridulates in anger or defiance ; many species do the same from distress or
fear, if held so that they cannot escape; by striking the hollow stems of ..."
3. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"... stridulates in anger or defiance; many species do the same from distress or
fear, if held so that they cannot escape; by striking the hollow stems of ..."
4. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1897)
"... stridulates in anger or defiance; many species do the same from distress or
fear, if-held so that they cannot escape; by striking the hollow stems of ..."
5. The Descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... stridulates to encourage the female in her work, and from distress when she
is removed.70 Some naturalists believe that beetles make this noise to ..."
6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1896)
"It stridulates, after the manner of its kind, loudly and slowly. I have beaten
this species from the twigs ... When held it stridulates feebly for its size. ..."
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