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  2. Devocalization - Wikipedia

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    Devocalization is usually performed at the request of an animal owner (where the procedure is legally permitted). The procedure may be forcefully requested as a result of a court order. Owners or breeders generally request the procedure because of excessive animal vocalizations, complaining neighbors, or as an alternative to euthanasia due to a ...

  3. Grager - Wikipedia

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    Yitzhak Shamir spinning a gragger Knocking out Haman's name from stones 18th century Megillah reading; children with graggers in the back. A grager (Yiddish: גראַגער, 'rattler'), also gragger, grogger or gregger, [1] is a noisemaking device, most commonly a ratchet, used to make noise by the congregation when the name of Haman is read out during the recitation of the Megillah in the ...

  4. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Spanish: ñam: ñam ñam: glu glu glu, glup: glup: Swedish: nam-nam: nam nam: glugg glugg, klunk klunk: gulp: Tamil: கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) Thai: งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak ...

  5. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    The word onomatopoeia, with rarer spelling variants like onomatopeia and onomatopœia, is an English word from the Ancient Greek compound ὀνοματοποιία, onomatopoiía, meaning 'name-making', composed of ὄνομα, ónoma, meaning "name"; [4] and ποιέω, poiéō, meaning "making".

  6. Debark - Wikipedia

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    Devocalization of dogs to reduce the volume of their barking sound; Debarking (lumber), removing bark from lumber; See also. Debarq, a town in Ethiopia;

  7. Do you know the difference between Latino, Hispanic and Spanish?

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    So what does Hispanic mean? Hispanic is a term that refers to people of Spanish speaking origin or ancestry. Think language -- so if someone is from Spanish speaking origin or ancestry, they can ...

  8. Grito - Wikipedia

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    A grito or grito mexicano (Spanish pronunciation:; Spanish for "shout") is a common Mexican interjection, used as an expression. Characteristics This ...

  9. Aztec death whistle - Wikipedia

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    The Aztec death whistle or ehecachichtli is a type of whistle formerly used by the Mexica people. Though the original whistles likely made a soft wind sound, modern replicas usually produce a high-pitched shrieking sound and are most commonly used to scare off people or animals.