stridulation

English Thesaurus

1. a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together (noun.event)

hypernym	:	noise,
definition	:	sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) (noun.event)

derivation	:	clitter, stridulate,
definition	:	make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures (verb.perception)

derivation	:	clitter, stridulate,
definition	:	make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures (verb.perception)