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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to sound; vocal; sonant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A vocalized element or letter.
  • adjective Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.

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