单词 | pant-hoot |
释义 | pant-hootn. A breathy hooting or honking call uttered by a chimpanzee, typically in a series rising in a screaming crescendo and tailing off with quieter calls; a series of such calls. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > hooting or whooping sound woo-hoo1656 whoo1706 pant-hoot1968 1968 J. van Lawick-Goodall in Animal Behaviour Monogr. 1 270/1 It is..possible to recognize each individual from a distance when he utters ‘pant hoots’. 1985 Sci. Amer. June 88/2 Some of the most striking examples of cooperative behaviour among male chimpanzees are based on the vocal signals known as pant-hoots. 1994 New Scientist 4 June 33/3 At first, the pant-hoot was thought to be a group cohesion call... But in 1989, the primatologist Adam Clark..discovered that group cohesion or food were not always the point. Instead, males seemed to be communicating something to each other. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pant-hootv. intransitive. Of a chimpanzee: to utter pant-hoots. ΚΠ 1985 Sci. Amer. June 88/2 The chimpanzees of Ngogo most often pant-hooted when traveling, approaching a source of food, watching other chimpanzees approach or responding to the calls of another party. 1994 New Scientist 4 June 34/1 Males pant-hooted most often when alliance partners—males with whom they shared strategic connections—were close by. 2002 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 48 (caption) Jane Goodall pant-hoots with a chimpanzee. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968v.1985 |
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