Definitions

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  • noun One who vocalizes.

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  • noun an organism that can utter vocal sounds
  • noun a person who sings

Etymologies

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vocalize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • “We are pleased to visit,” the Ambassador answered, its voice a whispery burble coming from a slender vocalizer gill between his eye stalks.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • Spittle continued to dribble from its vocalizer gill, while its arms flopped round like landed fish inside their cybernetic casings.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • He unreeled the tape a bit, ran it through the vocalizer, which he turned down to a whisper, then placed it within the Bard's vitals.

    The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990

  • The vocalizer made meaningless noises and Harker realized he had shouted in Anglic.

    The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

  • While his Anglic was fluent, he used a vocalizer to convert the sounds he could make into clearly human tones.

    The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

  • The vocalizer on his breast rendered the sounds he made into. soprano cadenzas and arpeggios, the speech of Lenidel.

    The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

  • Yvonne had worked out the plausible phrases, and spent patient hours with vocalizer and recorder until they seemed right.

    The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978

  • A vocalizer converted the buzzes and whistles from its lower beak into recognizable Anglic syllables.

    A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

  • Rrinn said into a vocalizer from the cache house: "How foresaw you, new skyswimmer, that any among us would know Eriau?"

    A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

  • On the way back, he appropriated a vocalizer and a pair of sound recorders.

    A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

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