5 Animals Named After Their Sounds
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Animals are often given names after their fur colour, scale pattern, etc. Some are named after the sounds they make.
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Those whose names are derived from their sounds are named using the literary device and word onomatopoeia.
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Here's a look at the five animals named after their sounds.
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The cuckoo is a prime example of an animal named after its distinctive sound.
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Another animal is Dik-dik, a small antelope that makes a "dik-dik-dik" or "zik-zik" alarm call.
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The Kea, a New Zealand parrot whose loud in-flight call sounds like "kee-aa".
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The pobblebonk frog is named for its distinctive "bonk" call, which sounds like a banjo string being plucked.
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The chachalaca is a bird named after its distinctive call. Its call sounds like "cha-cha-LAW-ka".
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