stridulatory
/ˈstrɪdʒələˌtɔri/
adjective
- Relating to or producing a high-pitched, grating, or scraping sound, especially the sound made by some insects (like crickets or cicadas) by rubbing body parts together.
- The stridulatory noise of crickets filled the warm summer night.
- Male grasshoppers have stridulatory organs on their legs to attract mates.
- The biologist studied the stridulatory patterns of different katydid species.