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- pronunciation:
- strI
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leIt
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
stridulates, stridulating, stridulated |
| definition: |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do.
Ants stridulate to communicate with each other. |
| related words: |
chip, chipper, chirp |
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| derivations: |
stridulatory (adj.), stridulation (n.) |
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