caw
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Carrion crows can count out loud, effectively calling “one, two, three” as they caw, researchers report today in Science.
From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024
And at that, Spencer cocks his head to the side and lets out a proud caw.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
Seagulls, protecting their trashy turf, caw in the air, and public buses — which often break down, sometimes explode, but rarely arrive on time — screech on the ground.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2018
Forty-seven miles west of Barry and Po’s yard, seagulls caw and circle the property that was once Pungo district hospital.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2018
Pantalaimon, on the other hand, leaped into the air with a loud caw of delight, and wheeled and skimmed and darted now ahead of the boat, now behind the stem.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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