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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 On·o·mat·o·po·et·ic a. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 onomatopoetic
      adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic]
      2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
         "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was
         independently developed in more than one place as an
         onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic, imitative,
          onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical] [ant: nonechoic]