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moan

/moʊn/ adjective C2
  1. Of or pertaining to a moa.
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From the walls came a moan like the wind in the tree-tops--“We see, O Kaa.”
The Jungle Book, p. 60 · B2
A long, low moan, indescribably sad, swept over the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 82 · C1
It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 121 · C1
A low moan had fallen upon our ears.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 165 · C1

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