Bible Dictionaries
Stridulation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The noise itself.

(2):

(n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.

(3):

(n.) The act of stridulating.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stridulation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stridulation.html. 1828.