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stridulation [‚strij·ə′lā·shən] (invertebrate zoology) Creaking and other audible sounds made by certain insects, produced by rubbing various parts of the body together. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ants stridulate with the hindmost body section, the gaster, explains systematist Philip Ward at the University of California, Davis. But in the honest-to-goodness, bug-eat-bug world -- where the element of surprise can make all the difference between eating or starving -- "it would be kind of maladaptive to stridulate before they pounce. |
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