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Origin and history of stridulate

stridulate(v.)

of certain insects, "make a noise like a cicada, effect stridulation," 1838, probably from Italian stridulare "crack; crackle." Related: Stridulated; stridulating; stridulatory. Agent noun stridulator "insect's apparatus for stridulating" is attested by 1880. 

also from 1838

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stridulation(n.)

1831, "act, process, or function of making stridulous noise," also the harsh, high-pitched sound so produced; noun of action from stridulate (v.) probably by way of French stridulate in same sense.

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