Chuttered vs Chittered - What's the difference?
chuttered | chittered |
(chutter)
An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.
* 1985 , Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior (page 75)
* 1995 , Stanis?aw Puppel, The Biology of Language (page 3)
(chitter)
To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
(obsolete, Scotland) To shiver or chatter with cold.
As verbs the difference between chuttered and chittered
is that chuttered is (chutter) while chittered is (chitter).chuttered
English
Verb
(head)chutter
English
Noun
(en noun)- Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups'," and "snake ' chutters " (Struhsaker, 1967).
- 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
chittered
English
Verb
(head)chitter
English
Verb
(en verb)- It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.
- (Burns)