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stridulation

Variant of stridulate

intransitive verb stridulated, stridulating

to make a shrill grating or chirping sound by rubbing certain body parts together, as certain insects do

Origin: < ModL stridulatus, pp. of stridulare < L stridulus: see stridulous

Related Forms:

stridulation noun
stridulatory adjective

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