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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.
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