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ululant

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ul⋅u⋅lant

  [uhl-yuh-luhnt, yool-]
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–adjective
howling; ululating.
Origin:
1865–70; < L ululant- (s. of ululāns), prp. of ululāre. See ululate, -ant
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ul·u·late   (ŭl'yə-lāt', yōōl'-)   
intr.v.   ul·u·lat·ed, ul·u·lat·ing, ul·u·lates
To howl, wail, or lament loudly.

[Latin ululāre, ululāt-, ultimately of imitative origin.]
ul'u·lant (-lənt) adj., ul'u·la'tion n.
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