stridulate meaning

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stridulate (verb): make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.

Definition of stridulate

  1. make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
    • male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate

    Synonyms: clitter

    Type of: make noise

    Related forms: stridulation

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in TE · 10-letter words

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