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Adjective: onomatopoetic  `ó-nu`ma-tu-pow'e-tik
  1. Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
    - onomatopoeic
     
  2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
    "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"
    - echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical

See also: onomatopoeia

Encyclopedia: Onomatopoetic