stridulate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stridulate /ˈstrɪdjʊleɪt/
▶verb (of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.
– derivatives
stridulant adjective,
stridulation noun,
stridulatory adjective.
stridulant adjective,
stridulation noun,
stridulatory adjective.
– origin C19: from Fr. striduler, from L. stridulus ‘creaking’.
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