Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic.
Picture | Animal | Description | Sound |
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Alligator | bellow, hiss | ||
Alpaca | alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream[1] | ||
Antelope | snort[2] | ||
Badger | growl[3] | ||
Bat | screech,[4] squeak, eek | ||
Bear | roar, growl | ||
Bee | buzz | ||
Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard) | roar,[5] growl,[6] snarl[7] | ||
Capybara | squeak,[8] chatter, bark | ||
Cat | mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, caterwaul, growl | ||
Cattle | moo, low | ||
Chicken | cluck, buck, crow[9] cha-caw, bah-gawk (female)[10] cock-a-doodle-doo (male) |
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Chinchilla | squeak[11] | ||
Cicada | chirp[12] | ||
Crab | chirp, click, creak[13] | ||
Crane | clang | ||
Cricket | chirp | ||
Crow | caw, cah[14] | ||
Curlew | pipe[15] | ||
Deer | bellow, bell (buck), bleat (doe, fawn) | ||
Dog | bark, howl, growl, bay | ||
Dolphin | click[16] | ||
Donkey | hee-haw,[17] bray | ||
Duck | quack | ||
Eagle | screech[18] | ||
Elephant | trumpet | ||
Elk | bugle (male),[19] bleat (calves)[20] | ||
Ferret | dook[21] | ||
Fly | buzz[citation needed] | ||
Fox | bark, scream, howl, snore, gecker[22] | ||
Frog | croak, ribbit | ||
Gaur | low, moo | ||
Giraffe | bleat,[23] hum[24] | ||
Goat | bleat, maa | ||
Goose | honk, hiss | ||
Grasshopper | chirp[25] | ||
Guinea pig | wheek[26] | ||
Hamster | squeak[27] | ||
Hawk | screech | ||
Hermit crab | chirp[28] | ||
Hippopotamus | growl[29] | ||
Hornet | buzz | ||
Horse | neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats (clip-clop) | ||
Hyena | laugh | ||
Jackal | gecker[6] | ||
Koala | bellow, shriek | ||
Kangaroo | jump | ||
Lemur | chatter, whoop | ||
Leopard | roar, growl, snarl | ||
Linnet | chuckle[30] | ||
Lion | roar, growl, snarl | ||
Locust | chirp[25] | ||
Magpie | chatter[31] | ||
Monkey | scream, chatter, gecker,[6] howl | ||
Moose | bellow[32] | ||
Mosquito | buzz, whine | ||
Mouse | squeak | ||
Okapi | cough, bellow[33] | ||
Owl | hoot, hiss, caterwaul for barred owls, twit twoo for tawny owls [34] | ||
Ox | low, moo | ||
Parrot | squawk, talk | ||
Peacock | scream,[35] squawk, honk | ||
Pig | oink,[29][36] snort,[37] squeal, grunt | ||
Pigeon | coo | ||
Prairie dog | bark[38] | ||
Quail | call | ||
Rabbit | squeak | ||
Raccoon | trill[39] | ||
Rat | squeak | ||
Raven | caw, cronk | ||
River otter | blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp,[40] purr[41] | ||
Rook | caw | ||
Seal | bark[42] | ||
Sheep | bleat, baa, maa, meh (lambs) | ||
Snake | hiss, rattle | ||
Songbird | chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),[43][44] twitter (sparrows)[45] |
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Squirrel | squeak | ||
Swan | cry, trumpet, bugle | ||
Tapir | squeak[46] | ||
Tokay gecko | croak[47] | ||
Turkey | gobble | ||
Whale | sing | ||
Wild boar | growl, grumble | ||
Wildebeest | low, moo | ||
Wolf | howl, growl, bay | ||
Zebra | bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker |
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