Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stridulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stridulate \Strid"u*late\, v. t. [See {Stridulous}.]
To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo["o]l.), to
make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males
of many insects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stridulate
v : make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special
bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or
grasshoppers [syn: {clitter}]
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