Stridulous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stridulous \Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See {Strident}.]
     Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne.
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           The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart.
                                                    --Longfellow.


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     {Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or
        laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspnoea,
        occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or
        stridulous breathing.
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