onomatopoetic

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The Egyptians, who kept the cat to destroy vermin, especially snakes, called it Mau, Mai, Miao (onomatopoetic): this descendent of the Felis maniculata originated in Nubia; and we know from the mummy pits and Herodotus that it was the same species as ours.

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  1. Same as onomatopœic.

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  • My favorite family words are the onomatopoetic ones like "eeksler" and "humma-jumma-jumma" -- a term for a railroad crossing as that is the sound it makes when you drive over the tracks. —  MetaFilter
  • But how does bleeping an onomatopoetic representation of sneezing really do anything to obscure that theme? —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • But x-out the onomatopoetic piano ripples / asthmatic gasps and Fabolous 'asphyxiated a capella becomes a lung-drunk slow jam. —  Pitchfork: Latest News
  • He eliminated Poe's repetitions, which are so central to his onomatopoetic devices, and he generally ignored his meter. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • Except of some onomatopoetic elements, language exhibits arbitrariness. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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