stridulate

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“
I then removed the antennæ of the male, and again made the female stridulate; the male heard her, and at once crawled toward her, although his antennæ were entirely removed.

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  1. intransitive verb To produce a shrill grating, chirping, or hissing sound by rubbing body parts together, as certain insects do.
  2. transitive verb To produce by rubbing body parts together: "The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note” (John Updike).

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  1. From Latin strīdulus, stridulous; see stridulous.

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  1. from New Latin as if *stridulatus, past participle of *stridulare, from Latin stridulus, giving a shrill sound, creaking: see stridulous.
 

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/ˈstrɪdjuleɪt/
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