\Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See {Strident}.]
Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne.
      The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart.
                                               --Longfellow.
{Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or
   laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[oe]a,
   occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or
   stridulous breathing.