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stridulation

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Noun — A shrill chirping, grating, hissing or squeaking noise, of the kind male crickets and grasshoppers produce by rubbing parts of their bodies together.

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Etymology

Recorded from 1838, from the earlier term stridulous, from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).

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