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plural pyows
An alarm call made by the putty-nosed monkey and others, usually a warning that other animals are lurking nearby. quotations examples
Sometimes, however, the adult male rejoined the group after emitting "Pyows" and moved with the others in quite a different direction.
1977, Smithsonian contributions to zoology
Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ […]
1990, Mark A Berkley, William C Stebbins, Comparative Perception: Basic mechanisms
For instance, the bark of a spot-nose and pyow of a blue monkey sound very similar (4).
1991, Richard Estes, The behavior guide to African mammals
Analysis of pyows made by a recognizable male over 10 yrs […]
1993, American Psychological Association, Psychological abstracts
Male putty-nosed monkeys in Nigeria have been observed stringing together calls of pyow and hack.
2007, National Geographic Society, The National Geographic magazine