midcry

English

Etymology

From mid- +‎ cry.

Noun

midcry (uncountable)

  1. A point in time during a cry.
    • 2009 March 1, Jonathan Rosen, “The Fledgling Ornithologist”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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.
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