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chrrrr grrrr cgrrrr.
n.  the grating creak of a pet mouse exercise wheel in need of oil.

<[M]y wheel makes this chrrrr grrrr cgrrrr sound, a cross between a grating sound and a chk chk sound that no amount of oil will cure.  —PetsHub.com Mouse Forum.>

chrrt.
(also chrtt.)  n.  a squirrel’s chatter, as in the comic book Marvel Super-Heroes III #8; see also chrr-chrr-chrr.


chrrt chrrt.
n.  the harsh alarm of the Crimson-winged Laughing Red-Faced Liocichla, as described in A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives by Bikram Grewal; the throaty call of the Rosy Starling, as described in The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic by Mark Beaman.


chrrt chrrt chrrt.
n.  the raucous call of the Ochraceous Bulbul, as described in Birds of Thailand by Craig Robson.


chrzzt.
n.  the harsh call of the Tawny-Flanked Prinia bird, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair.



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