Definition of Stridulatory

1. a. Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.

Definition of Stridulatory

1. Adjective. Able to stridulate, used in stridulating, or adapted for stridulation. ¹

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Definition of Stridulatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stridulatory

strider
striders
strides
strideth
striding
stridor
stridors
stridulate
stridulated
stridulates
stridulating
stridulation
stridulations
stridulator
stridulators
stridulatory (current term)
stridulous
stridulously
strife
strife-ridden
strifeful
strifeless
strifes
strift
strifts
strig
striga
strigae
strigate
strigged

Literary usage of Stridulatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"stridulatory teeth of maxilla short, compressed, truncate. ... stridulatory teeth of maxilla ten. Maxillary palp extending beyond apex of mala. ..."

2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"stridulatory ORGAN IN THE LARVA OF GEOTRUPES.—Dr. D. Sharp exhibited a ... He said that this beetle in the imago state also possesses a stridulatory organ, ..."

3. Notes on Some Fijian Insectsby Frederick Muir by Frederick Muir (1906)
"stridulatory area of the same. e. Variant venation of No. 3. 3. ... stridulatory area of the same. 10. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... thread-like antennae, four-jointed tarsi, a long ovipositor, the auditory organs on the tibiae of the first leg and the stridulatory organ in the wings; ..."

5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"Recently, on hearing a captured semi thus scream, I became convinced in quite a new way that the stridulatory apparatus of certain insects must not be ..."

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