| 单词 | stridulate |
| 例句 | The insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated and droned as the air grew warmer in the sunset. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Decrepit, senile, and miserable, Tithonus eventually shrank into a cicada who stridulated ceaselessly, calling out for release. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Like crickets and katydids, they can stridulate by rubbing its body parts together to attract a mate or ward off potential predators. New Insect Discoveries: Forcepfly With Terrifying Genital Pincers and Tinkerbella, the Minute Fairyfly 2013-04-26T16:15:05.027Z Hemiptera are remarkable for the variety of their stridulating organs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Its note when disturbed or flying is very peculiar, resembling in sound the muffled stridulating of the mole-cricket. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z This produces a continuous "chirp" as the male insects rub, or "stridulate" their wings in a scissor-like motion. Jurassic cricket's song recreated 2012-02-06T23:33:59Z The tenrec's pale 'stridulating' quills are very different to those found on the rest of its body. Bizarre mammals call using quills 2011-02-11T09:31:25Z Nevertheless the power of stridulating is certainly a383 sexual character in some few Coleoptera. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z "He said it would be a good idea to try and listen to the beetle larvae stridulating and record it." Ginger 'irresistible to beetles' 2011-01-10T00:31:01Z The insects which employ the fourth method also stridulate during night. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 In a large number 669 of beetles of different families, stridulating areas occur on various segments of the abdomen, and are scraped by the elytra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Mr Scudder believed he had obtained a specimen of Orthoptera in which a stridulating organ was present. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" In the females, however, of all three species of Oryctes, when the abdomen of a softened specimen is pushed backwards and forwards, a slight grating or stridulating sound can be produced. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z File: the diagonal ridged vein near the base of the tegmina in crickets, used in stridulating: in general any structure wherever situated that serves the same purpose. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology I then removed the antennæ of the male, and again made the female stridulate; the male heard her, and at once crawled toward her, although his antennæ were entirely removed. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Whatever may be the true explanation of stridulating organs in adult beetles, sexual selection can have had nothing to do with the presence of these highly-developed larval structures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It is commonly supposed that the grasshopper stridulates by rubbing his back legs together; but this is not the case. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 This view is not rendered improbable from beetles stridulating under various emotions; we know that birds use their voices for many purposes besides singing to their mates. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Coxal file: in some aquatic Coleoptera a series of striations just above the hind coxa of male and, perhaps, a stridulating organ. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology For hours that and the prolonged stridulating of the crickets were the only sounds. A Man's Woman The root-feeding larvae of the cockchafer and allied members of the Scarabaeidae have a ridged area on the mandible, which is scraped by teeth on the maxillae, apparently forming a stridulating organ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Yet, as I have said, if a public speaker may fidget with his back legs while he is stridulating, why not a public grasshopper? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 This naturalist has lately found a fossil insect in the Devonian formation of New Brunswick, which is furnished with “the well-known tympanum or stridulating apparatus of the male Locustidæ.” The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Stridulation: a creaking sound produced by rubbing together two striated or otherwise roughened surfaces: the act of stridulating or the noise produced by it. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology Considerable merriment was occasioned when Dr. Mott showed what a locust stridulating in the air would be called upon to do if the present theory of sound were correct. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Luminous Organs.—The function of the stridulating organs just described is presumably to afford means of recognition by sound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" I mean, why should he wave his back legs about when he is stridulating? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 We thus see that the stridulating organs in the different coleopterous families are wonderfully diversified in position, but not much in structure. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L Far off to landward came the faint, sleepy clucking of a quail, and the stridulating of unnumbered crickets; a long ripple licked the slope of the beach and slid back into the ocean. Moran of the Lady Letty Did he mean to suggest that Lord Northcliffe hears with his stomach or stridulates with his back legs? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 In two families of the Homoptera the males alone possess, in an efficient state, organs which may be called vocal; and in three families of the Orthoptera the males alone possess stridulating organs. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z He does not sing, he does not cry—he stridulates. By-Ways of Bombay Of this kind is a stridulating or musical apparatus like that of the cricket in an insect otherwise allied to the Neuroptera. The Student's Elements of Geology From time to time, the male stridulates a little, gives a few short strokes of the bow and then falls silent, feeling perhaps too much overcome to continue. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Lastly, the male Ateuchus stridulates to encourage the female in her work, and from distress when she is removed. The Descent of Man Scudder has described an insect in the Devonian strata, furnished with a stridulating apparatus. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Many insects stridulate by rubbing together specially modified parts of their hard integuments. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Nevertheless, the power of stridulating is certainly a sexual character in some few Coleoptera. The Descent of Man The males are stridulating by themselves, here and there, teasing the passing fair with their antennae. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Insects and some few spiders are the lowest animals which voluntarily produce any sound; and this is generally effected by the aid of beautifully constructed stridulating organs, which are often confined to the males. The Descent of Man We thus see that in the different coleopterous families the stridulating organs are wonderfully diversified in position, but not much in structure. The Descent of Man This naturalist has lately found a fossil insect in the Devonian formation of New Brunswick, which is furnished with "the well-known tympanum or stridulating apparatus of the male Locustidae." The Descent of Man Beetles stridulate under various emotions, in the same manner as birds use their voices for many purposes besides singing to their mates. The Descent of Man Orthoptera, metamorphosis of; stridulating apparatus of; colours of; rudimentary stridulating organs in female; stridulation of the, and Homoptera, discussed. The Descent of Man In the females, however, of all three species of Oryctes, a slight grating or stridulating sound is produced, when the abdomen of a softened specimen is pushed backwards and forwards. The Descent of Man |
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