transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstri-jə-ˌlāt ]
intransitive verb
( -lat·ed ; -lat·ing )
Etymology: back-formation from stridulation, from French, high-pitched sound, from Latin stridulus shrill
Date: 1838
: to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures — used especially of male insects (as crickets or grasshoppers)
• strid·u·la·tion ˌstri-jə-ˈlā-shən noun
• strid·u·la·to·ry ˈstri-jə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē adjective