| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l |
| NOUN: | The bellowing or baying cry of certain animals, such as a deer in rut or a beagle on the hunt. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: belled, bell·ing, bells
To utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English bellen, to bellow, from Old English bellan.
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