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Grunt
To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.
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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…
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Sound of any kind.
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Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.
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Outer.
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A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus).
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Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.
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Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
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One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
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One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
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A piggin.
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A piggin.
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