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Acoustic communication may include nonvocally produced sounds—a rattlesnake’s rattle, a rabbit’s thump or a cricket’s chirp, for example—or vocal ones.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022

Pitching in nonvocally were the violinist Sam Bardfeld and the guitarist Ken Wessel.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010