Associations to the word «Stridulate»
Noun
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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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