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stridulate

stri·du·late

UK/ˈstɹɪdjʊleɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures

  • “male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate”
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Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”))

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