Associations to the word «Stridulate»

Wiktionary

STRIDULATE, verb. (intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

Dictionary definition

STRIDULATE, verb. Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate".

Wise words

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