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Verb: stridulate  'stri-ju,leyt
  1. (zoology) produce a shrill creaking sound by stridulation, characteristic of certain insects
    "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate";
    - clitter

Derived forms: stridulated, stridulates, stridulating

Type of: make noise, noise, resound

Encyclopedia: Stridulate