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1. (v.i.) stridulate
to produce a shrill, grating sound by rubbing together certain parts of the body:
crickets stridulating.
Etymology: (1830–40; < L strīdul(us) making a shrill sound (der. of
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1. (verb) stridulate, clitter
make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
"male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
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1. (verb) stridulate
to make a shrill, creaking noise
2. (verb) stridulate
to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects
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