stridulator

English

Etymology

From stridulate +‎ -or.

Noun

stridulator (plural stridulators)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• rostratulid