Word Study
stridulate
CIDE DICTIONARY
stridulate, v. t. [See Stridulous.].
To make a shrill, creaking noise [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stridulate, v.intr. (of insects, esp. the cicada and grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing esp. the legs or wing-cases together.
Derivative
stridulant adj. stridulation n.
Etymology
F striduler f. L stridulus creaking (as STRIDENT)
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