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Stridulate

Stridulate Meaning & Definition
Stridulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stridulate?

[v] make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers; produce (stridulating sounds)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stridulate: clitter

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See Also | make noise | noise | resound

Stridulate In Webster's Dictionary

\Strid"u*late\, v. t. [See {Stridulous}.] To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo["o]l.), to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.

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