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stridulation
1. A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing their body parts together.
2. A high-pitched squeaking or chirping sound made by a grasshopper, crickets, cicadas, etc.
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stridulation
The production of sound by rubbing one part of the body surface against another part.
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