Definitions

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  • adjective Pertaining to the epiglottis
  • adjective phonetics Produced using the epiglottis

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Examples

  • Very stuffy nose + scratchy raw throat + epiglottal snot goblins.

    Odin's Day chebutykin 2009

  • The other is the use of "plain laryngeal" and "emphatic laryngeal" instead of "glottal" and "epiglottal", which took me a long time to figure out -- but at least the distinctions between glottal, epiglottal and pharyngeal are made at all!

    How NOT to reconstruct a protolanguage 2007

  • They are mostly concerned with mastering the hypnotic epiglottal tone that entrances the bottom feeders, sort of like the eerie tones that only canines can hear.

    Capitol Hill Coffee House 2009

  • "And so you've stuffed yourself as full of verbs and prepositional phrases and epiglottal stops as a grilled pepper!

    Icerigger Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1974

  • He even has the diphthongs down, the epiglottal stops, everything. "

    Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

  • He even has the diphthongs down, the epiglottal stops, everything. "

    Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

  • He even has the diphthongs down, the epiglottal stops, everything. "

    Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

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