Bark (sound)
A bark is a noise most commonly produced by dogs and puppies. Other animals that make this noise include wolves, pinnipeds, foxes and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound (especially for large dogs). Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ruff, arf, au au, yip (for small dogs), and bow-wow. "Bark" is also a verb that describes the sharp explosive cry of certain animals.
Read more about Bark (sound): Why Dogs Bark, Representation, Breeds, Naturally "barkless" Dog Breeds, Barking in Other Animals
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“His life itself passes deeper in nature than the studies of the naturalist penetrate; himself a subject for the naturalist. The latter raises the moss and bark gently with his knife in search of insects; the former lays open logs to their core with his axe, and moss and bark fly far and wide. He gets his living by barking trees. Such a man has some right to fish, and I love to see nature carried out in him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)