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n.  the rumble of a “very, very hungry” grizzly bear’s stomach, as in Alaska’s Three Pigs by Arlene Laverde.


n.  the snarl of a protective mother otter, as in The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George.


n.  the sound of a hair dryer in a beauty salon, as described in Hunger and Thirst: A Novel by Daniela Kuper.


n.  the squeak of vinyl pants rubbing against vinyl furniture, as in the novel The Final Detail by Harlan Coben.

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n.  a screeching growl of someone possessed by the devil, as in Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essays by John Rechy.


n.  the growl of the sacred grizzly bear spirit, as discussed in Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota by Wallace Black Elk.

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n.  the ferocious growl of the “Great Dog Chippie,” “ready to spring at [Satan], the source of all evil” (Pat Conroy, Beach Music).

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n.  a low grating call of the Sooty Thrush, as described in Thrushes by Peter Clement.

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