stridulator
English
Etymology
From stridulate + -or.
Noun
stridulator (plural stridulators)
- (archaic, rare) Something which stridulates.
- 1871, Charles Darwin, “Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), footnote 70, page 379:
- Scolytus has lately been described by Dr. Chapman as a stridulator, in the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' vol. vi. p. 130.
References
- “stridulator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.