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n.  the soft, grumbling call of the European Nightjar, as described in Nightjars and Their Allies: The Caprimulgiformes by D.T. Holyoak.


n.  the sound of a “rocket man” rocketing off, as in Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen.


n.  the sound of oncoming automobile traffic, as in the comic book Vacuum Horror by Aaron K.

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n.  a bear’s roar, as in The Last Lap by Peter Golenbock.


n.  a lawn mower noise, as described in The Radio Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner.


n.  the “distinct croaking” of Baillon’s Crake, as described in Birds and Mammals of Ladakh by Otto Pfister.


n.  the “soft little trill” of the Fernando Po Speirops, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey.


n.  the roar of the Tyrannosaur, as described in Thunderfeet: Alaska’s Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Critters by Shelley Gill.


n.  the roaring of an airplane during a skydiving flight, as described by Jimi Hendrix (quoted in Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy by Harry Shapiro).


n.  the sound of a tank being revved to make a U-turn in the sand, as described in Tanks for the Memories by Aaron Elson.

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