sonifactionn.
/ˌsɒnᵻˈfakʃn/, /ˌsəʊnᵻˈfakʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɑnəˈfækʃ(ə)n/ Zoology. Now rare.
The production of sound, spec. by insects using mechanisms such as stridulation and vibration of various body parts.
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1877 Psyche 1 Index 227/1 Sonifaction.
1884 Standard Nat. Hist. II. 307 A mode of sonifaction..similar to that where a boy runs along a fence pushing a stick against the pickets.
1912 L. O. Howard et al. Mosquitoes N. & Central Amer. I. 258 Doubtless sonifaction has been suppressed in this species [sc. the yellow-fever mosquito Aëdes calopus] in the evolutionary process of adaptation to man.
2011 T. R. New ‘In Considerable Variety’ xv. 194 Bumblebees are also ‘buzz pollinators’, using sonifaction from vibrating wing muscles to increase release of pollen from many flowers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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