Strepent Definition
adjective
1817, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology: or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects, page 384,
But since Reaumer could never witness this, I shall not insist upon your believing it, though the relater declares that he had heard it with his ears, and seen it with his eyes, and had called many to witness the vibrating and strepent wings of this trumpeter bumble-bee.
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Origin of Strepent
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From Latin strepent, from strepere (“to noise”); compare obstreperous.
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