List of animal sounds - wikipedia List of animal sounds For a list of words relating to animal sounds, see the en : Animal sounds category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This is a list of words used in the English language to represent the noises of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. Words on the list are in the form of verbs, though many can also be used as nouns or interjections, including many onomatopoeias ( additional ones here abbreviated `` OP '' ). Antelopes -- snort Badgers -- growl Bats -- screech Bears -- roar, growl Bees -- buzz Big cats ( tigers, lions, jaguars & leopards ) -- roar, growl, snarl Bitterns -- boom Cats -- mew, meow, purr, hiss Chickens -- cluck ( female ; OP : cha - caw, bah - gawk ) ; crow ( male ; OP : cock - a-doodle - doo ) Chimpanzees -- scream Chinchillas -- squeak Cicadas -- chirp Cattle / Cows -- moo Crickets -- chirp Crows -- caw, cah Curlews -- pipe Deer -- bellow ( buck ) bleat ( doe, fawn ) Dogs / wolves -- bark, howl, growl, bay ( OP : arf, bow - wow, ruff, woof, yap ) Dolphins -- click Donkeys / asses -- hee - haw also bray Ducks -- quack Eagles -- screech Elephants -- trumpet Elk -- bugle ( male ), bleat ( calves ) Ferrets -- dook Frogs / toads -- croak ( OP : ribbit ) Giraffes -- bleat Geese -- honk, hiss Grasshoppers -- chirp Guinea pigs -- squeak Hamsters -- squeak Hermit crabs -- chirp Horses -- neigh, whinny, nicker Hippopotamuses -- growl Hyenas -- laugh Linnets -- chuckle Magpies -- chatter Mice / rats -- squeak Monkeys -- scream Moose -- bellow Mosquitos -- buzz, whine Okapis -- cough, bellow Oxen -- moo Owls -- hoot, hiss Parrots -- squawk, talking Peacocks -- scream Pigs / hogs -- grunt, oink, snort, squeal Pigeons -- coo Prairie dogs -- bark Rabbits / Hares -- squeak Raccoons -- trill Ravens -- caw Rhinoceroses -- bellow Rooks -- caw Seals -- bark Sheep / goats / lambs -- bleat, baa Snakes -- hiss Songbirds -- chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble ( larks / warblers / wrens ), twitter ( sparrows ) Swans -- cry, hiss Tapirs -- squeak Tarantulas -- hiss Tokay geckos -- croak Turkeys -- gobble Vultures -- scream Walruses -- groan Whales -- sing See also Animal communication Animal epithet Bioacoustics Cat organ & piganino Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias List of animal names List of onomatopoeias Old McDonald Had a Farm The Fox ( What Does the Fox Say ? ) Zoomusicology References Jump up ^ Caro, Tim ( 2005 ). 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Question: what sound does a snake make in english
Answer: hiss