stridulent
Example Sentences
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"Oh, Davy, you'll kill us!" laments the housekeeper, for the little orguinette is stridulent and loud.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
Through the trees he could see the lighted oblongs of neighbours' windows, or hear stridulent jazz records.
From Where the Blue Begins by Morley, Christopher
"Good morning, little stranger," roared Peter's stridulent machine.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
It was the hour of evening, when these birds become especially stridulent.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
Siebold, C.T., von, on the proportion of sexes in the Apus; on the auditory apparatus of the stridulent Orthoptera.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
