[a. F. stridulation (Goureau, 1837), agent-n. f. mod.L. strīdulāre: see STRIDULATE v.] The action of the vb. STRIDULATE; the stridulous noise produced by certain insects.
1838. trans. Goureau, in Entom. Mag., V. 92. The male alone possesses the power of stridulation; he makes use of it to attract and please the female. Ibid., 94. The combination of all these little sounds produces the general sound or stridulation.
1871. Darwin, Desc. Man, ix. (1874), 274. The stridulation serves … to call … the female. Ibid. (1872), Emotions, xiv. 350. Even insects express anger, terror, jealousy, and love by their stridulation.
