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May 27, 2012
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pho•nes•the•mic



Pronunciation: (fō"nus-thē'mik), [key]
—adj. Ling.
(of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.

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