chrr chrr.

n.  the echoing of a submarine’s sonar, as in “The Empire News.”

chrr trrt trrt.

n.  the “low churring notes” of the Black-throated Tit, as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon.

chrr-chrr-chrr.

n.  the “harsh chattering” of the Southern Black Tit, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair.


n.  the laughter-like chatter of a squirrel, as after stuffing itself with birdseed in Active Young Readers Grades 4-6 Assessment Resource by the Nova Scotia Department of Education; see also chrrr, chrrt.

chrr-chrrr chrr-chrrr.

n.  the African Barred Owlet’s “double trilled or purring whistle, the second note higher,” as described in Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale A. Zimmerman.

chrrp.

n.  the soft utterance of the Dusty Lark, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair; the sharp chatter of the Anna’s Hummingbird, as described in Hummingbirds: A Wildlife Handbook by Kim Long.

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