"chutter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chutters [plural]
Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chutter (plural chutters)
  1. An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-chutter-en-noun-JtNdPCZN Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Verb

Forms: chutters [present, singular, third-person], chuttering [participle, present], chuttered [participle, past], chuttered [past]
Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-verb}} chutter (third-person singular simple present chutters, present participle chuttering, simple past and past participle chuttered)
  1. To make an alarm call of this kind.
    Sense id: en-chutter-en-verb-tqoxbzvr

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1985, Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior, page 75:",
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