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      stridulate
      verb
      make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
      Roots
      stridulusstridul- · Latin · creakingatus-ate · Latin · to make
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      The word stridulate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: stridul, from Latin stridulus (“creaking”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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