midcry

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noun

A point in time during a cry.

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Meanings

nounmidcry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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

From mid- + cry.

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APA

midcry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcry

MLA

“midcry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midcry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcry.

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