Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts.

A sharp stridulation, similar to the noises heard during the night, was now audible.

A few species communicate by stridulation (rubbing body parts together to make sounds).

The females also use stridulation to produce their songs.

In some species females are also capable of stridulation.

But it was only a stridulation, not the cries of creatures being devoured.

A piercing stridulation, almost painful to the ears, filled the air all around them.

The only sound this crystal clear summer morning was the distant stridulation of a skylark.

Stridulation seems to be more common in old-world species.

This method of making sound is called stridulation.

The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown.

It was harsh yet sibilant, more like the stridulation of an insect than anything else.

It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males.

Some Galeodes species are able to produce sounds by stridulation.

Communication can also occur through stridulation, or producing sounds by rubbing various parts of the body together.

Their viscid stridulation faded as they retreated into gestation or sleep.

Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.

The chelicerae serve as jaws and in many species also are used for stridulation.

In grasshoppers and crickets, this is achieved by stridulation.

This sound producing action is called "stridulation" and the song is species-specific.

For a time, the only sounds were the soft protest of his chair and the stridulation of the crickets.

They have combs in their legs which they use for communication (stridulation) with other larvae.

In later studies, she became particularly interested in crab behavior, including stridulation, carrying, and camouflage.

This mechanism is the avian equivalent of arthropod stridulation.

The proper term for this is stridulation.