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  2. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

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    Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .

  3. Girneys - Wikipedia

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    Dario Maestripieri, professor of comparative human development at the University of Chicago, says the sounds are "made with their mouths almost closed, sort of nasal and relatively soft", and suggested that girneys are similar to human baby talk. In the context of mother offspring dyad approach, the morphology of girneys can be divided into two ...

  4. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  5. Monkey sounds, slurs and strobe lights target a Black family ...

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    Jannique Martinez says her family has had to endure recordings of loud, screeching monkey noises and recordings of racial slurs directed toward their Virginia Beach, Va., home since July. But ...

  6. Gecker - Wikipedia

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    This combination of the gecker/grimace display is demonstrated when a lower ranking individual is in the presence of a more dominant one, such as an observer or higher-ranking monkey. A study by Jacobus and Loy showed differences in the response of receiving and giving these displays based on a dominance hierarchy .

  7. Howler monkey - Wikipedia

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    However, the black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a relatively common pet in contemporary Argentina due to its gentle nature (in comparison to the capuchin monkey's aggressive tendencies), in spite of its lesser intelligence, as well as the liabilities of the size of its droppings and the male monkey's loud vocalizations.

  8. ‘Ole Miss’ student seen on video making monkey noises towards ...

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    Referring to Black people as monkeys is a known racist trope dating back hundreds of years and used to justify slavery and Jim Crow law. “It was easily 10-1 counter-protesters to protesters ...

  9. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Language Biting Eating food Drinking Swallowing Brushing teeth Afrikaans: nom, gomf gloeg gloeg gloeg Albanian: ham, kërr, krrëk ham-ham, njam-njam