| 释义 |
sonifaction Zool.|səʊnɪˈfækʃən|
[f. L. soni- (see next) + -faction.]
The production of sound, on the part of insects, by other means than the vocal organs.
1884–5Standard Nat. Hist. II. 307 A mode of sonifaction..similar to that where a boy runs along a fence pushing a stick against the pickets. Ibid. 366 Sonifaction is not confined to imagos. |