baa
noun [C] /bɑː/
/bæ/ Definition
› the sound that a sheep makesAnimal (non-human) sounds baa verb [I] (baaing, baaed, baaed)
(Definition of baa noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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