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They include such delights as the pobblebonk, named onomatopoeically, and the tiny assa wollumbin, found on one mountain, with males that carry tadpoles in kangaroo-style pouches.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

At night, the constant hum of generators blends with the clarion calls of the onomatopoeically named coquí frog.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2017

It whirls and rattles well, and I remember my own childhood when we called this apparatus onomatopoeically a windwhirr.

From Look Back on Happiness by Wiking, Paula