"death wail" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 214:",
          "text": "A sudden, long-drawn howl curdled out from across the river. A human dingo might had made such an awful sound. Merry threw out helpless hands. ‘He’s gone!’ he said. ‘The death-wail. I’ve been listening for that all the morning.’",
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        "An intense mournful cry given by mourners upon someone's death."
      ],
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  "word": "death wail"
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