We contemplate calmly a picture which demands our attention insatiably, melancholically, imploringly, aggressively, like mute suffering condemned to silence and strictly visual confession.
en.wikipedia.org Coincidentally, in nature, the female nightingale is mute and only the male of the species sings.
en.wikipedia.org Although she can talk she somehow compels people into doing things for her while remaining mute.
en.wikipedia.org Other birds include common pheasant, rose-ringed parakeet, ostrich, black swan, mute swan, silver pheasant, vulturine guineafowls, dalmatian pelican and many other types of water birds.
en.wikipedia.org After a successful mute, the device is no longer allowed to respond to discovery messages, and the controller can continue searching for other devices.
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