- Stridulatory
- Stridulatory Strid"u*la*to*ry, a. Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
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Stridulatory
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stridulatory — strid·u·la·to·ry … English syllables
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