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stridulate
strid·u·late [ stríjjə làyt ] (past and past participle strid·u·lat·ed, present participle strid·u·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular strid·u·lates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make sound by rubbing body parts: to make a chirping or grating sound by rubbing parts of the body together, as male crickets and grasshoppers do
[Mid-19th century. < French striduler< Latin stridere "to creak"]

strid·u·lant adjective
strid·u·la·tion [ strìjjə láysh'n ] noun
strid·u·la·tor [ stríjjə làytər ] noun
strid·u·la·to·ry adjective
strid·u·lous adjective
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