Stridulatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stridulatory is an adjective meaning (usually entomology) Able to stridulate, used in stridulating, or adapted for stridulation.
Meaning
(usually entomology) Able to stridulate, used in stridulating, or adapted for stridulation.
Example Sentences
The stridulatory mechanisms and sound patterns in these groups probably reflect the origins of acoustic communication in Orthoptera, particularly since many of the primitive genera lack ears and appear to use sound only for defence, as a plesiomorphic (primitive) condition (Field, 1993a).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include strigulated, strumiferous, strobilar, strigilose, stramenopilic, strobiline.
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