bleat

nouns

the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
bleat
is a type of (narrower)
the characteristic utterance of an animal
"animal cries filled the night"
cry

verbs

talk whiningly
bleat
is a type of (narrower)
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
cry plaintively
"The lambs were bleating"
baa, blat, blate, bleat