meaning of stridulates
1. To make a shrill, creaking noise
2. to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
3. make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers
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Related Words
stridulate | stridulation | stridulator | stridulatory |
