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midcry

midcry noun: a point in time during a cry.

Noun

midcry (uncountable)

  1. A point in time during a cry.
    • Nobody had flown beside an osprey, painted by Audubon as if seen aloft by a companion bird, gripping a fish in its talons and opening its beak in midcry.2009 March 1, Jonathan Rosen, “The Fledgling Ornithologist”, in New York Times

Origin of midcry

From mid- + cry.

Questions about midcry

What does midcry mean?
Midcry means a point in time during a cry.
What part of speech is midcry?
Midcry is a noun.

Words near midcry in the dictionary

  1. midcrash
  2. midcrossing
  3. midcrossings
  4. midcrust
  5. midcrustal
  6. midcry
  7. midcult
  8. midcut
  9. midcycle
  10. middah
  11. Middaugh

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