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stridulate

Pronunciation: /ˈstrɪdjʊleɪt/

Definition of stridulate

verb

[no object]

(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: the insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated, and droned (as adjective stridulating)stridulating male crickets