chutter

plural chutters

1. An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.

   Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups," and "snake chutters" (Struhsaker, 1967).

   1985, Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior, page 75

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   The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions[…]

   1995, Stanisław Puppel, The Biology of Language, page 3

present singular third person chutters · participle present chuttering · participle past chuttered · past chuttered

1. To make an alarm call of this kind.