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1 stridulate -- rank: 1000
stridulate definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: make a ... special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" [syn: stridulate, clitter] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: back ... f. L stridulus creaking (as STRIDENT) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stridulate Strid"u*late, v. t. [See Stridulous.] To make a ...
2 stridulation -- rank: 526
... by rubbing body parts together Merriam Webster's noun see stridulate Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stridulation Strid`u*la"tion, n ... grasshoppers, and locusts. (b) The noise itself. Note: The crickets stridulate by rubbing together the strong nervures of the fore wings. Many grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing the hind legs across strong nervures on the fore wings. The green grasshoppers and katydids stridulate by means of special organs at the base of the ...
3 clitter -- rank: 358
... special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" [syn: stridulate, clitter]
4 stridulatory -- rank: 358
stridulatory definitions Merriam Webster's adjective see stridulate Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stridulatory Strid"u*la*to*ry, a. Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation. --Darwin.
5 Grate -- rank: 226
... shred, sieve, sifter, skin, smash, sorter, spit, squash, stab, sting, stridulate, texture, tissue, tongs, torment, torture, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, triturate ...
6 Crick -- rank: 226
... shoot, shooting, shooting pain, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, stream, stridulate, stridulation, thrill, throes, tormen, tweak, twinge, twitch, wrench
7 Creak -- rank: 226
... screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, squawk, squeak, squeal, stridulate, stridulation, ululate, ululation, wail, whine, whistle, wrawl, yammer
8 Chirp -- rank: 226
... snarl, snort, sob, sol-fa, solmizate, sparkle, squall, squawk, squeal, stridulate, stridulation, thunder, tremolo, trill, troll, trumpet, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, tweet ...