Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHANTING
ppr. Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.
CHANTING
n.The act of singing, or uttering with a song.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHANTING
CHANTING Chant "ing, n.
Defn: Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus ). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.
New American Oxford Dictionary
chanting goshawk
chant ing gos hawk ▶noun a long-legged African hawk with pale gray upper parts, throat, and breast, noted for its prolonged musical fluting call delivered from a treetop perch. [Genus Melierax, family Accipitridae: three species. ]
Oxford Dictionary
chanting goshawk
chant |ing gos |hawk ▶noun a long-legged African hawk with pale grey upper parts, throat, and breast, noted for its prolonged musical fluting call. ●Genus Melierax, family Accipitridae: three species.
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