stridulate

 
Pronunciation: /ˈstrɪdjʊleɪt/

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

Derivatives

stridulant

adjective

stridulation

Pronunciation: /-ˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

stridulatory

adjective

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus 'creaking', from the verb stridere